1. Get lost, as without warning or explanation
   "He vanished without a trace";
   - disappear, go away
    
2. Become invisible or unnoticeable
   "The effect vanished when day broke";
   - disappear, go away
    
3. Pass away rapidly
   "Time vanishes like an arrow";
   - fly, fell
    
4. Cease to exist
   "An entire civilization vanished";
   - disappear
    
5. Decrease rapidly and disappear
   "the money vanished in las Vegas";
   - fly, vaporize, vaporise [Brit]
    
6. (mathematics) become equal to zero
   "The term vanishes when x equals zero in this equation"

Derived forms: vanishes, vanishing, vanished

Type of: alter, cease, change, come down, decrease, dent, diminish, elapse, end, fall, finish, glide by, go along, go by, go down, lapse, lessen, pass, sink, slide by, slip away, slip by, stop, terminate, vary

Antonym: appear

Encyclopedia: Vanish