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vanish

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vanish /ˈvanɪʃ /
▸ verb [no object]
1 disappear suddenly and completely:
Moira vanished without trace.
▪ gradually cease to exist:
the environment is under threat—hedgerows and woodlands are vanishing.
2 Mathematics become zero.
– ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French e(s)vaniss-, lengthened stem of e(s)vanir, from Latin evanescere ‘die away’.
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