disappear

1. (intransitive) To vanish.Synonyms: dematerialize, vanish, perishAntonyms: appearintransitive

2. (intransitive) To go missing; to become a missing person.Examples: "Eighteen years after Jaycee Dugard disappeared in 1991, she was found alive in the summer of 2009."intransitive

3. (intransitive) To go away; to become lost.Examples: "I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields[…]. And thus we came by a circuitous route to Mohair,[…]. My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation point shields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton."; "A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared."intransitive

4. (transitive, often euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.Examples: "The Chinese government is well-known for disappearing particularly vocal political dissidents."; ""Did they disappear him?" "I don’t know." "What will you do if they decide to disappear you?""; "Now a new hunt is under way to find a grave believed to contain the remains of some of those who were “disappeared” at Colonia Dignidad."euphemisticoftentransitive