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vanishing

adjective B2
  1. That vanishes.
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I thought of the assistant’s fondness for photography, and his trick of vanishing into the cellar.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 32 · B2
“I said pig,” replied Alice; “and I wish you wouldn’t keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 48 · B2
It was ten o’clock at night; the branches of the great trees in the garden of the count’s house stood out boldly against the azure canopy of heaven, which was studded with golden stars, but where the last fleeting clouds of a vanishing storm yet lingered.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 720 · C1
Today, however, the elegant loops and sweeping curves of traditional handwriting are slowly vanishing from the modern classroom.
The Disappearing Signature, p. 1 · C1

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