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disappearance

/dˌɪsʌpˈɪɹʌns/noun4 syllables

Disappearance means: the act of leaving secretly or without explanation.

Synonyms for disappearance2

noun, as in the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

disappearing

noun, as in gradually ceasing to be visible

fade

Opposites of disappearance

appearance

What does disappearance mean?4

noun

1

the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

2

gradually ceasing to be visible

3

the event of passing out of sight

4

ceasing to exist“he regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with disappearance?6

two syllables

clearance

three syllables

appearanceadherencecoherence
Show 40 near rhymes
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Disappearance in a sentence

  • No sound, no sign, just a sudden disappearance that defied all logic and explanation.Nuel
  • Further down the mountain, the villagers were celebrating the snow's disappearance.Amastan
  • It was exposed that they were doing illegal work, so they planned their disappearance.tsp_2
  • Dredging, pollution and overharvesting led to the disappearance of the oysters decades ago.Cangarejo
  • We have to look into the disappearance of the doctor.CK
  • We are going to look into the disappearance of the money.CK
  • Ziri's disappearance was treated as a missing person case.Amastan
  • Scientists are debating his theory about the disappearance of the dinosaurs.Source_VOA

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of disappearance

as a noun

plural
disappearances