dis·ap·pear·ance

[dis-uh-peer-uhns]
noun
the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.

Origin:
1705–15; disappear + -ance

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disappear (ˌdɪsəˈpɪə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb
1.  (intr) to cease to be visible; vanish
2.  (intr) to go away or become lost, esp secretly or without explanation
3.  (intr) to cease to exist, have effect, or be known; become extinct or lost: the pain has disappeared
4.  (tr) (esp in South and Central America) to arrest secretly and presumably imprison or kill (a member of an opposing political group)
 
disap'pearance
 
n

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Word Origin & History

disappearance
1712; from disappear + -ance.
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Example sentences
Their vanishing touches us as the disappearance of other animals, even the
  dinosaurs, never can.
WE have as yet only spoken incidentally of the disappearance of species and of
  groups of species.
They are sometimes trapped for captivity or killed, but their primary threat is
  the disappearance of their tropical forest homes.
The book's disappearance might well herald the diminishment of those qualities
  in culture.
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