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Definitions for disappearance
ˌdɪs əˈpɪər ənsdis·ap·pear·ance

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. disappearance, disappearingnoun

    the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

  2. disappearancenoun

    the event of passing out of sight

  3. fade, disappearancenoun

    gradually ceasing to be visible

  4. disappearancenoun

    ceasing to exist

    "he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula"; "what was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?"; "the disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures"

Wiktionary

  1. disappearancenoun

    The action of disappearing or vanishing.

ChatGPT

  1. disappearance

    Disappearance refers to the act or instance of someone or something vanishing or ceasing to be visible or to exist. It can involve a person being lost or missing, typically in circumstances that provoke mystery or suspicion, or an item or phenomenon ceasing to exist or be in a particular place.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Disappearancenoun

    the act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing

Wikidata

  1. Disappearance

    Disappearance is a young adult novel written by Jude Watson, the sequel to Premonitions.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of disappearance in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of disappearance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of disappearance in a Sentence

  1. Carrie Luft:

    Monday, May 24, marks the two-year milestone of the disappearance of Jennifer Farber Dulos, an extraordinary woman, a devoted mother and daughter, a brilliant writer, a true friend, we are moved by the continued interest in Jennifer’s case and by the concern for her children and family, all of whom are thankfully healthy and well.

  2. Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald:

    Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said at a news conference in October. FLASHBACK : James Closs FAMILY, COMMUNITY HOLD OUT HOPE 2 MONTHS AFTER TEENS DISAPPEARANCE Emergencylogsreleased days laterappeared to indicate that the cell phone of James Closs mother, 46-year-old Denise Closs, placed the call and that James Closs, 56-year-old James Closs, answered the door and was the first to be fatally shot. No one talked on that call and we dont know who made it. We heard voices but we cant make out what was said, we do believe James Closs was home at the time the call was made. Detectives pursued thousands of tips, watched dozens of surveillance videos and conducted numerous searches in the effort to find the girl. James Closs, 13, vanished on Oct. 15 after her parents were fatally shot at their home in Barron County, located about 80 miles northeast of Minneapolis. ( Courtesy of Barron County Sheriff's Department via AP, File) Roughly two weeks after she disappeared, a man identified as Kyle Jaenke-Annis, 32, was arrested for allegedly burglarizing the James Closs home. He was reportedly found with two girls tank tops, underwear, and a dress. However, Barron County officials cleared him of any involvement in the teens disappearance. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The sheriff previously said his office was receiving around 25 tips per day regarding James Closs disappearance. Hed been confident that James Closs was alive somewhere.

  3. Bernie Sanders:

    And I believe and I gotta say this, and I thank you for your question, in this sense, I think what we need to do as a nation, certainly something the Republicans are not doing, is focus on the bloody issues facing this country -- the disappearance of the middle class income and wealth inequality.

  4. Ross MacPhee:

    Despite their ungainly appearance, different species of glyptodonts occupied habitats as distinct as open grassland and dense woodland, all the way from Patagonia to the southern parts of the continental United States, although their disappearance has been blamed on human depredation as well as climate change, some species persisted into the early part of the modern or Holocene epoch, long after the disappearance of mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Like the loss of giant ground sloths, mastodons, and dozens of other remarkable mammalian species, the precise cause of the New World megafaunal extinctions remains uncertain.

  5. Najib Razak:

    The disappearance of MH370 is without precedent, and so too is the search - by far the most complex and technically challenging in aviation history.

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