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Adjective vanishing has 1 sense
- vanishing, disappearing - quickly going away and passing out of sight; "all I saw was his vanishing back"
Noun vanishing has 2 senses
- vanishing - a sudden or mysterious disappearance
--1 is a kind of disappearance
- vanishing - suddenly disappearing from sight
--2 is a kind of disappearance, disappearing
Verb vanish has 5 senses
- disappear, vanish, go away - get lost, especially without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace"
Sample sentence:
These cars won't vanish
- vanish, disappear, go away - become invisible or unnoticeable; "The effect vanished when day broke"
--2 is one way to end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Sample sentence:
The moon will soon vanish
- fly, fell, vanish - pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing beneath him"
--3 is one way to elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along
Sample sentence:
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- vanish, disappear - cease to exist; "An entire civilization vanished"
--4 is one way to end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Sample sentence:
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- vanish, fly, vaporize - decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized"
--5 is one way to decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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