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Disappearance

noun

The act of leaving secretly or without explanation. Synonym: disappearing.

The event of passing out of sight.

Gradually ceasing to be visible. Synonym: fade.

Ceasing to exist. "What was responsible for the disappearance of the rainforest?" , "The disappearance of resistance at very low temperatures"

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"Disappearance" Quotes from Famous Books

... the trouble to send any excuse for his failure to wait on the King. Time ran on in inactivity, when every moment was pressing; for not only was I faced with the new danger which the stir about my disappearance brought on me, but great murmurs had arisen in Strelsau at my continued absence from the city. They had been greater, but for the knowledge that Flavia was with me; and for this reason I suffered her to stay, though I hated to have her where danger was, and though every day of our ...

— The Prisoner of Zenda • Anthony Hope

... dramatic interest long before The Misfortunes of Arthur or The Spanish Tragedy were written.—Of the Devils even more may be said. Their picturesque attire,[19] their endless pranks (not set down in the text), their reappearance and disappearance at the most unexpected times, their howls and familiar 'Harrow and owt! owt and alas!' were a constant delight, and preserved their popularity unexhausted for two hundred years, securing for them a place in the later forms of ...

— The Growth of English Drama • Arnold Wynne

... man to whom you have been kind—no patron could have been kinder. You have clothed and educated me; have installed me here; and I am not unmindful. But what of it—has your Grace gained much by my stanchness? I think not. There was great excitement about Captain Ogbourne's disappearance, but I spoke not a word. And his body has never been found. For twenty-two years I have wondered what you did with him. Now I know. A circumstance that occurred this afternoon recalled the time to me most forcibly. To make it certain to myself that all was ...

— A Changed Man and Other Tales • Thomas Hardy

... of its power to provide for the disappearance, whether permanently or temporarily, from the scene of both President and Vice President, Congress has passed three Presidential Succession Acts. A law enacted March 1, 1792[40] provided for the succession first of the ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

... to whom Jasper felt he could turn for assistance, and that was Lois. He had thought of her before, and wondered if she had heard the news of David's disappearance. He felt that it was unlikely as no one would think of carrying the news there. As he stood for a few minutes looking upon Betty who was sitting before him the very embodiment of abject misery, he believed that Lois ...

— Under Sealed Orders • H. A. Cody

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