disappearance

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   ceasing to exist

   We regretted the disappearance of Greek from school curricula.

2. 2
   noun

   The action of disappearing or vanishing.

   Wireless phone technology led to the disappearance of once-common coiled cords for telephone handsets.

3. 3
   noun

   Passing out of sight.

   From the shore, they watched the disappearance of the ships' masts into the haze.

4. 4
   noun

   Leaving secretly of without explanation

   The prosecuting attorney was concerned about the potential disappearance of witnesses.

5. 5
   noun

   Cessation of existence.

   A single undoubted cure of a demonstrated cancer or sarcoma by this treatment would be enough to say definitely that the treatment exerts some specifically curative influence, for the spontaneous disappearance of undoubtedly malignant growths of this character is almost unknown.

6. 6
   noun

   the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

7. 7
   noun

   gradually ceasing to be visible

8. 8
   noun

   the event of passing out of sight

Etymology

From disappear + -ance.