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disappearance

[ dis-uh-peer-uhns ]

noun

  1. the act or an instance of disappearing; a ceasing to be seen or to exist.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of disappearance1

First recorded in 1705–15; disappear + -ance
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Thirty-three days after Aimee’s disappearance, her mother held a funeral service for her; 20,000 people attended, emptying their pockets in tribute.

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Madeleine's disappearance at the age of three during a family holiday in Portugal is one of the most widely reported missing child cases and remains unsolved.

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He denied any involvement in the disappearance and an investigation was launched.

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Life under the Assads had meant more than 50 years of disappearances, incarceration - and the civil war that began in 2011 had claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Syrians.

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Christian Brückner, the main suspect in her disappearance, was recently cleared of unrelated sex offences in Germany that were alleged to have been committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017.

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