Disappearance
[dɪsə'pɪərəns] or [,dɪsə'pɪrəns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of leaving secretly or without explanation.
(noun.) the event of passing out of sight.
(noun.) 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'.
Editor: Warren--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.
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Examples
- It is only necessary then to open one or the other of these latter to cause the appearance or disappearance or transformation of such objects as have been inclosed within it. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- That is the monstrous proposition which you are driven to assert, if you attempt to associate the disappearance of the Moonstone with Franklin Blake. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Disappearance of a Well Known Builder. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We have as yet only spoken incidentally of the disappearance of species and of groups of species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- May I ask, in the meanwhile, whether you have yourself any theory to account for this young man's disappearance? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I presume that I may take it as correct--this article, for example, as to the disappearance of the bride. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He suspected me, of course, of being concerned in the disappearance of the Diamond. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- From that time to this she had remained in total ignorance of the cause of Anne's disappearance and of the end of Anne's story. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- On our way upstairs, I called her attention to the sudden disappearance of Mrs. Crupp's pitfalls, and also to the prints of recent footsteps. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She had been terribly excited immediately after his disappearance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Even Stephen Blackpool's disappearance was falling into the general way, and becoming as monotonous a wonder as any piece of machinery in Coketown. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- There could be no question that the most distinctive and suggestive point in the case was the singular disappearance of the door-key. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He stood bare-headed in the road, watching her quick disappearance. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The disappearance of your precious birthday gift may seem strange; your unexplained connection with that event may seem stranger still. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- At some evidence implicating Flora Millar in the disappearance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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