vanish

To disappear suddenly or completely.

• The rabbit vanished.
• My keys seem to have vanished.
• Her fear vanished when she saw her friend.

How to use it: vanish from something (The smile vanished from his face.); vanish into something (The thief vanished into the crowd.)

Similar words: disappear

Opposites: appear

Common phrases: vanish from sight, vanish without trace, vanish into something, vanish from view

To have a value of zero in a mathematical calculation.

• This function vanishes at zero.
• Both terms vanish at the boundary.
• Does the derivative vanish at this point?

How to use it: vanish at something (The function vanishes at both endpoints.)

Common phrases: vanish at zero, vanish identically

A magic trick that makes an object seem to disappear.

• The magician performed a coin vanish.
• Her vanish fooled the whole audience.
• He practised several vanishes before the show.

Similar words: disappearing trick

Common phrases: coin vanish, perform a vanish, silk vanish

The short final part of a vowel sound, with a different sound from its main part.

• The vowel ends with a short vanish.
• Listen carefully to the vanish in this sound.
• The teacher compared the vanishes of the two vowels.

Similar words: offglide

Common phrases: vowel vanish, final vanish