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• n  the act of leaving secretly or without explanation
• v  get lost, as without warning or explanation
• v  become invisible or unnoticeable
• v  cease to exist
• v  become less intense and fade away gradually

• After a fortnight's heavy fighting in the jungles of Tay Ninh 65 miles northwest of Saigon, the enemy last week pulled his oft-employed disappearing act and was virtually nowhere .
• As many as 100 movies a week were disappearing.
• Scandal: Year-long affair How Outed: Press Conference The Sanford saga began with a disappearing act.

• disappearance
• disappear
• vanish
• go away
• melt
• evaporate

• appearance
• appear

News & Articles

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• The Return of the 10% Down Payment
  After virtually disappearing for years, the 10% down payment is back. But that might not be good news for all home buyers. 
  June 24, 2013 - FOX Business
• Twinkies, Ho Hos, Other Hostess Cakes To Return On July 15
  After disappearing when Hostess went into bankruptcy last year, the snack cakes that supposedly last forever are now really going to live on. New owners are bringing them back.
  June 24, 2013 - NPR
• Missing red panda found in Washington D.C. neighborhood
  By Paige Gance WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A young red panda named Rusty was recaptured about a mile from the Smithsonian National Zoo on Monday after disappearing overnight, the zoo said. The raccoon-sized animal was discovered in the capital's Adams Morgan neighborhood. Zookeepers arrived to corner and crate up the wandering panda, the zoo said in a statement. "Rusty has returned from his trip to ...
  June 24, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Castro in International Herald Tribune
  This conviction has particular importance when because the founding and forging generation of the revolution is disappearing,Raul Castro added.
• Shaul Mofaz in ArabianBusiness.com
  If Iran continues its nuclear weapons programme, we will attack it,Mofaz, who is also transportation minister, told the Yediot Aharonot daily. "Other options are disappearing. The sanctions are not effective. There will be no alternative...