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disappeared

[ dis-uh-peerd ]

adjective

  1. 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.

  2. (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)
  1. 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

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of disappear ( def ).
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˜yÐÄvlog 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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The mission marks another step forward in a sprawling, multi-institution effort dedicated to recovering the species that scientists didn’t realize were key for maintaining healthy kelp forests until they essentially disappeared overnight.

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“We’ve never had a client who was disappeared mid proceedings and not afforded his due process to see his asylum case through,†Shepard said.

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Close by, police and Trading Standards officers show us more mini-marts that have been left empty - they say staff disappeared as soon as police arrived.

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“The fact that an artist hasn’t been disappeared yet is good,†Covey said, pausing with the gravity of that.

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There’s no reason to think that threat has disappeared.

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