Used in a Sentence

disappeared

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for disappeared.

Editorial note

StartCom refused to revoke it, and the page that explained the story has since disappeared mysteriously.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A desaparecido.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of disappeared gathered in one view.

noun

A desaparecido.

adjective

(informal, euphemistic) Caused to disappear by someone, often for political reasons.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for disappeared.

noun

A desaparecido.

adjective

(informal, euphemistic) Caused to disappear by someone, often for political reasons.

Example sentences

1

StartCom refused to revoke it, and the page that explained the story has since disappeared mysteriously.

2

If Wikipedia disappeared tomorrow, all the Wikipedia links would break, but URL shorteners consolidate roots.

3

People who were not returned (ie disappeared) are not able to speak of their experiences, so you would never know it happened.

4

It was hard to get an idea of the final result in the demo gif because the last frame disappeared so quickly.

5

If those 99% of sites disappeared overnight, everyone would likely be better off.

6

When they got a better offer, they just disappeared within a few days.

7

From the wikipedia page, it disappeared a little over a year ago, however.

8

Now the builds disappeared and the only commits to the Qt backend are in some hard to find github repos with no activity.

9

I used to flag bad submissions, then my flag link silently disappeared for about a year.

10

If bit.ly disappeared tomorrow, it's not just one site that is affected.

11

I remember seeing progress on Github and I was really excited for a while, but it seems to have completely disappeared.

12

I can't think about a big IT company that disappeared the last 50 years.

Quote examples

1

This is the "wonderful" thing about the Patriot Act: Even as an American citizen, you could be disappeared and shipped to a foreign country for torturing...

2

That binary "I have checked this/I have not checked this" has largely disappeared.

3

They're convenient as a public dumping ground (Github) or "backup" (Bitbucket) with a decent web ui, but if they disappeared it'd make very little practical difference for me (other than recruiters having to find me via another site).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use disappeared in a sentence?

StartCom refused to revoke it, and the page that explained the story has since disappeared mysteriously.

What does disappeared mean?

A desaparecido.

What part of speech is disappeared?

disappeared is commonly used as noun, adjective.