Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class III. Words Relating to MatterSection III. Organic Matter
2. Sensation
(iii) Perceptions of Light
449. Disappearance.
NOUN:DISAPPEARANCE, evanescence, eclipse, occultation; insubstantiality.departure [See Departure]; exit; vanishing, vanishment, vanishing point; dissolving views.
VERB:DISAPPEAR, vanish, dissolve, fade, melt away, pass, go, avaunt [obs.]; be gone &c. adj.; leave no trace, “leave not a rack behind” [Tempest]; go off the stage (depart) [See Departure]; suffer -, undergo- an eclipse; retire from sight; be lost to view, be lost to sight, see no longer, fade away [slang], pass out of sight.
lose sight of.
efface [See Obliteration].
ADJECTIVE:DISAPPEARING &c. v.; evanescent; missing, lost; lost to sight, lost to view; gone.
INTERJECTION:VANISH! disappear! fade! [slang], beat it! [slang], avaunt! (ejection) [See Ejection].