as in extinct
no longer existing
the vanished tradition of the maypole as the center for May Day festivities
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as in disappeared
to cease to be visible
the house vanished into the fog as we drove away
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Recent Examples of vanished
Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Continue reading … MISSING IN ACTION – Congresswoman who quietly vanished from Capitol Hill has been living in a retirement facility.
—Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
But as the immediate prospects for democracy have all but vanished from China, his politics have shifted from reaction to reflection.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
Tice, a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, McClatchy newspapers, and other outlets, vanished at a checkpoint in a contested region west of Damascus in 2012, as the Syrian civil war escalated.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
As the show begins, an agent posted in Minsk has gotten drunk, crashed his car and been taken into custody at the police station-from which he's vanished without explanation.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
The aircraft vanished from radar screens somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam less than an hour after takeoff.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
And in that time, law enforcement has virtually vanished, the attorney Roni Pelli of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel told me.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
One by one, in the summer of 1984, teenage girls vanished off the streets of this historic town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
Some visions of moral progress look forward to a world in which the in-group/out-group distinction has vanished.
—Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Continue reading … MISSING IN ACTION – Congresswoman who quietly vanished from Capitol Hill has been living in a retirement facility.
—Fox News, 23 Dec. 2024
But as the immediate prospects for democracy have all but vanished from China, his politics have shifted from reaction to reflection.
—Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
Tice, a freelance journalist whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, McClatchy newspapers, and other outlets, vanished at a checkpoint in a contested region west of Damascus in 2012, as the Syrian civil war escalated.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
As the show begins, an agent posted in Minsk has gotten drunk, crashed his car and been taken into custody at the police station-from which he's vanished without explanation.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
The aircraft vanished from radar screens somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam less than an hour after takeoff.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
And in that time, law enforcement has virtually vanished, the attorney Roni Pelli of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel told me.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
One by one, in the summer of 1984, teenage girls vanished off the streets of this historic town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanished
Adjective
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Researchers believe there may have been a land bridge between the Caribbean and Central America that would have allowed the ants to move from the mainland to the islands, but eventually, the species went extinct.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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Long assumed to be extinct in the Golden State, a lone gray wolf crossed over the border from Oregon in 2011, and by 2015, a pack was identified in Northern California’s Siskiyou County, researchers noted.—
Sharon Udasin,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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She’s disappeared into history.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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The ball literally disappeared for a couple of seconds.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Christopher Hoenig, a spokesperson for Jersey Central Power & Light, said that the power company de-energized high-voltage lines around the defunct Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant to protect the safety of firefighters in the area.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The shells are transported to a storage site in East Haven, a defunct quarry that’s high, dry and far enough from homes to avoid any odor issues.—
Jillian Freyer,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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So many firsts, gone, charred to ash, just remnants of an area that once represented Black prosperity and joy.—
Maya Richard-Craven,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The original pioneers were mostly busy making non-hyperpop or gone: SOPHIE tragically died in 2021; 100 gecs spent years toiling to make their zany stadium-rock second album.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
3 Oct. 2024
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Cybercriminals often exploit expired domains to impersonate brands or launch malicious campaigns.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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When demand eases like this, homes stay on the market longer and frustrated sellers end up with expired or withdrawn listings as a result.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Vanished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanished. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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