disappearance

[US]/ˌdɪsəˈpɪərəns/
[UK]/ˌdɪsəˈpɪrəns/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the act of disappearing or being lost, missing person case

Phrases & Collocations

unexplained disappearance

mysterious disappearance

Example Sentences

the disappearance of grammar schools.

the disappearance of her name from the list

They reported the disappearance of the ship.

Her disappearance is a complete riddle.

His disappearance overshadowed the family.

an investigation is being carried out into the disappearance of the money.

Its disappearance may yet prove a nonevent.

Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.

These animals are moving into the niche left vacant by the disappearance of the big predators.

disappearance of stroma, and replaced with granulation tissue or desmoplastic response of stroma.

The disappearance of a schoolgirl was very worrying among the teachers.

The disappearance of the papers has never been accounted for.

I melted the butter in a saucepan. Figuratively the term suggests gradual dispersion, dissipation, and disappearance:

In the normal course of events we would not treat her disappearance as suspicious.

But there's a gotcha: its disappearance in overdoped materials that nonetheless still superconduct.

The inexplicable disappearance of some nonlocal seasonal women worders worried everyone.

Both the disappearance dynamic of 14C in waters and the accumulation dynamic in hornwort followed the first order reaction kinetics model.

Real-world Examples

The disappearance has sparked an international outcry.

Source: The Chronicles of Novel Events

He had a court disappearance in London on Saturday.

Source: VOA Daily Standard March 2021 Collection

She regrets the disappearance of these once common plants.

Source: VOA Special English: World

A library's-worth of conspiracy theories has never explained his disappearance.

Source: The Economist - Arts

In the Sonnet to Science, Poe laments the disappearance of magic.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Iranian officials have promised the Levinson family to investigate his disappearance.

Source: VOA Standard December 2013 Collection

Three days after Rastus' disappearance, Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter.

Source: New Concept English. British Edition. Book Three (Translation)

The destruction of the forest has caused the disappearance of much wildlife.

Source: New Standard High School English Compulsory Volume 3 by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

The novel details the disappearance of the orphan Edwin under puzzling circumstances.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

In other words, the bike's disappearance was “old” information to you.

Source: Advanced Daily Grammar

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