disappeared

American  

[dis-uh-peerd] / ˌdɪs əˈpɪərd /

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.

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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.

Etymology

Origin of disappeared

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. )

Example Sentences

But when Sarah reached forward to help her baby daughter up, the circle was broken, and Leila disappeared.

From Literature

In only two months, nearly half of Hektoria Glacier broke apart and disappeared.

From Science Daily

Disclaimers warning that AI responses “are not professionally vetted or a substitute for medical advice” have all but disappeared from AI platforms, according to a survey by researchers at Stanford and UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times

They declared they now "strongly believe" Freeman is dead - and possibly has been since the day he disappeared - but acknowledged they had no actual evidence one way or another.

From BBC

He was reminded of his first encounter with Magic, another small white creature who appeared and disappeared right in front of him.

From Literature

Related Words

• absent
• adrift
• disoriented
• hidden
• invisible
• misplaced
• vanished