vanish
verb [ I ] uk/ˈvæn.ɪʃ/ us/ˈvæn.ɪʃ/
B2 （尤指突然）消失，灭绝
to disappear or stop being present or existing, especially in a sudden, surprising way
The child vanished while on her way home from school. 那个小女孩在放学回家的路上不见了。
We ran out after the thief, but he had vanished into thin air (= had completely disappeared). 我们冲出去追小偷，但他已经消失得无影无踪。
Cheap rural housing is vanishing in the south of the country. 廉价的乡间住房在该国南部行将绝迹。
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- We watched the building vanish under a mantle of thick grey smoke as the fire swiftly moved through it.
- One moment he was standing behind me, the next he had vanished in a puff of smoke.
- He seems to have vanished without a trace .
- All the food on the table vanished quickly.
- Where are my keys? They can't just have vanished.