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vanish

/ˈvænɪʃ/ noun C2
  1. The brief terminal part of a vowel or vocal element, differing more or less in quality from the main part. · a as in ale ordinarily ends with a vanish of i as in ill.· o as in old ordinarily ends with a vanish of oo as in foot.
  2. A magic trick in which something seems to disappear. · The French drop is a well-known vanish involving sleight of hand.
  3. A disappearance; a vanishment.

Plural vanishes

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Vanish all things mortal.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 20 · C1
Roll away and vanish.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 20 · C1
Collins did not think it right to press the subject, from the danger of raising expectations which might only end in disappointment; for in her opinion it admitted not of a doubt, that all her friend’s dislike would vanish, if she could suppose him to be in her power.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 210 · B2
He intended to change his name altogether, draw this money, and vanish, starting life again elsewhere.”
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 65 · C1

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