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Meanings of vanish in English

Portuguese
esvair
Catalan
dissipar-se
Spanish
disiparse

Get lost, as without warning or explanation.

      esvair
      Portuguese
      desaparecer
      Catalan
      volar
      Spanish
      derribar

      Decrease rapidly and disappear.

            desaparecer
            Usage of vanish in English
            1
            Even with the crisis in Japan, those opportunities aren't likely to vanish.
            Reuters
            2
            On the last occasion, however, he did not vanish with sufficient speed.
            The Irish Times
            3
            They fling themselves on poles; stand on their heads; and downward vanish.
            Redburn. His First Voyage / Being the Sailor Boy Confessions and...
            4
            Brion watched the spacer become a pinpoint in the sky and vanish.
            Planet of the Damned
            5
            Their chance to escape would soon vanish if they didn't leave now.
            The Irda (Children of the Stars)
            6
            Or shall we just vanish and never be heard of any more?
            Last battle
            7
            No; it is the last privilege of danger that shams should vanish.
            The Captain of the Kansas
            8
            Some time before 9am, floors began to vanish and workers started falling.
            The Guardian
            9
            The moon grows pale, the stars vanish; day is beginning to dawn.
            Mohammed Ali and His House
            10
            They're illegal, but they don't just vanish, not right away, Amos continued.
            Caliban's War
            11
            It is the summing up of revelation; all others vanish, He abides.
            Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
            12
            Then only will the infant mortality rate decline, and child labor vanish.
            The Pivot of Civilization
            13
            She felt that she could vanish in the tide and swim forever.
            The Best Short Stories of 1921, and the Yearbook of the American...
            14
            You have a bad day and eight months of hard work vanish.
            The Guardian
            15
            The Pepsi made the aspirin ache fade, though not quite vanish entirely.
            Funland
            16
            The prostration which had possessed him appeared to vanish in an instant.
            The Law and the Lady
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            Translations for vanish
            Vanish through the time
            Vanish across language varieties
            United Kingdom
            Common
            United States of America
            Common
            Ireland
            Less common