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rong> to abduct and kill or imprison (someone, such as a political dissident) while withholding information about the person's fate //Her son was disappeared during Argentina's so-called Dirty War. Associated Press //Under his repressive regime, tens of thousands of Chileans were "disappeared," tortured and killed; hundreds of thousands were forced into exile. — Mandalit del Barco //Fearing that he would be kidnapped or "disappeared" in Syria under some false pretext, Mr. Omar made a video, which he posted on YouTube, to establish that he had defected. — Dan Bilefsky //When early efforts of containment failed, journalists and doctors who spoke out against the threat were disappeared, these sources said. — Bret Baier and Nick Givas //Orwell's novel was published in 1949 in the wake of World War II, when both fascism and socialism seemed to loom as threats to democracy, and it imagines a secretive regime that surveils its people and polices even their thoughts, disappearing anyone who rebels against the order. — Jeva Lange
to cause (something) to pass out of existence, possession, or view //VICE has disappeared the post from its Web site. — Jenna Sauers //The … waitress disappears the debris from the floor … — Catherine Cleary //After class, while waiting for Halmoni to pick me up, I devoured as many of those rainbow morsels as I could, as if disappearing them might also disappear my shame. — Jennifer Hope Choi //He shares his opinion that based on his early findings, the bullets didn't come from Locke's gun, which is important because, as Lucca Quinn points out, Peter would have no reason to disappear the evidence if it exonerated Locke. — Alexis Rhiannon
Other Words
  • dis​ap​pear​ance ˌdis-ə-ˈpir-ən(t)s noun
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
dematerialize dissolve evanesce evaporate fade flee fly melt sink vanish
Antonyms
appear materialize
Examples
  • //The two men disappeared around the corner.
  • //The dinosaurs disappeared millions of years ago.
  • //These problems won't just disappear by themselves.
  • //He disappeared without a trace two years ago.
  • //The speaker suddenly disappeared just before the beginning of the ceremony.
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
disappear
verb

Synonyms & Antonyms

ace​sul​fame-K
noun
ace·​sul·​fame-K
ˈā-sē-ˌsəl-ˌfām-ˈkā

Definition

  • a white crystalline powder C4H4KNO4S that is a cyclic organic potassium salt, has a sweetness much more intense than sucrose, and is used as a noncaloric sweetener in foods and beverages

    called also acesulfame potassium

First Known Use
1982, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology
ace(to-) + sulf- + -ame (as in aspartame)
dis​cern
verb
dis·​cern
di-ˈsərn -ˈzərn
dis​cerned; dis​cern​ing; dis​cerns

Definition

  • transitive ​verb
  • to detect with the eyes //discerned a figure approaching through the fog
    to detect with senses other than vision //discerned a strange odor
  • to recognize or identify as separate and distinct discriminate //discern right from wrong
  • to come to know or recognize mentally //unable to discern his motives //reasons that are difficult to discern
  • intransitive ​verb
  • to see or understand the difference //how to discern between fact and fiction
Other Words
  • dis​cern​er noun
Examples
  • //The reasons behind this sudden change are difficult to discern.
  • //barely able to discern the garden gate through the mist
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
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