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Meanings of vanishing in English

Disappearing.

        Usage of vanishing in English
        1
        We are limited to the present vanishing moment which is however .
        The Irish Times
        2
        You see yourself vanishing and you think: 'The treatment is failing me.
        The South African
        3
        With each vanishing second my heart shifted into yet a higher gear.
        Riding rockets
        4
        But when she thought about vanishing, she didn't mean simply leaving town.
        Deadly
        5
        Schipper said some species may be vanishing before they are even described.
        Reuters
        6
        The general's patience was gradually vanishing in the face of such obstinacy.
        A Little Traitor to the South / A War Time Comedy with a Tragic ...
        7
        I followed them through cold I no longer felt and practiced vanishing.
        Ghost Story
        8
        In less than a minute he was gone, vanishing around the point.
        Devil's keep
        9
        The problem with the vanishing hitchhiker is that it never stays vanished.
        John Winchester’s Journal
        10
        The artificial fountains of the metropolis are, in like manner, fast vanishing.
        The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 / Elia and The Las...
        11
        By this account, it had almost arrived back at home before vanishing.
        News.com.au
        12
        About 30 insurgents skirmished with tribal fighters and security forces before vanishing.
        Reuters
        13
        The girlish immaturity was fast vanishing in soft curves and tender lines.
        The Tidal Wave and Other Stories
        14
        She saw the days vanishing, and the inevitable years lengthening over her.
        Adventures in the Arts / Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudevil...
        15
        By great good fortune I had succeeded in overtaking the vanishing prairie.
        A Daughter of the Middle Border
        16
        Oghwaga, a great central base of the Six Nations, was vanishing forever.
        The Scouts of the Valley
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        Vanishing through the time
        Vanishing across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
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