vanished

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The love she had felt for him was a very small obstacle to their meeting now; for her thoughts had been occupied with affairs, before the interest of which the poor love she had then been capable of, had melted away and vanished -- vanished, that is, in all that was restrictive and engrossing in its character.

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  • Tina's bored expression vanished, nearly startling me into a yelp. —  MaryJanice Davidson - Betsy 07 - Undead and Unworthy
  • The grin vanished, his expression becoming serious. —  Angelmass
  • She vanished, and reappeared a moment later with the sprig. —  Harpy Thyme
  • Lily vanished, along with lights, taxis, buses and crowds. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • All the furnishings and softness of the room vanished, absorbed into the pores of Yalnis's ship, leaving bare walls and floor, and the cold stars above. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
 

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vanished:   vanishing ·  vanish ·  vanishes
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

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