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disappeared

[ dis-uh-peerd ]

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adjective

having vanished from sight or existence:
Right this minute, the only thing I want to do is to find a way to recover my disappeared phone photos.
The museum displays tools and artifacts from an almost disappeared culture, known only from one archaeological site.
(of a person) having vanished under suspicious or unknown circumstances:
Family members of the disappeared persons were denied the right to any effective remedy, including the right to know the fate of their loved ones.

noun

(used with a plural verb)

none the disappeared. people, especially political opponents, who have vanished under suspicious or unknown circumstances, or without due process of law:
The determination of the parents, grandparents, and—most recently—children of the disappeared is finally putting dictators, torturers, and their accomplices behind bars.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of disappear ( def ).

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Word History and Origins

Origin of disappeared¹

First recorded in 1400–50 as a verb: disappear ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ), and in 1640–50 as an adjective: disappear ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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Of every possible subplot, it’s hard to think of a worse one than Chris and Braxton’s hunt to find a family of disappeared Salvadorans.

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In a town where so much has disappeared, a new place to grieve has emerged in an Altadena parking lot.

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It is not clear whether McCourt was away from the prison on licence when he disappeared.

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The model was Eddie’s sister Carolina, named after Juan Edgar’s preteen daughter, who was disappeared by paramilitary forces along with her mother.

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However, that respect disappeared when news that Benn had returned an adverse finding for women's fertility drug clomifene was leaked on the Wednesday of fight week.

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