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vanished

/ˈvænɪʃt/

vanished adjective: no longer apparent; not extant; gone. Also the simple past and past participle of vanish.

Adjective

vanished

  1. No longer apparent; not extant; gone.
    • Madagascar, the Comoros, and the Seychelles have been treated by many naturalists as the surviving fragments of a vanished world, which from a typical branch of its now dispersed fauna has received the name of "Lemuria."1890, [Jacques] Élisée Reclus, “The Oceanic Hemisphere”, in A. H. Keane, editor, Oceanica (The Earth and Its Inhabitants; 14), New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 3

Also used as

vanished is also the simple past and past participle of vanish.

Words formed from vanished

Phrases with vanished

Words that rhyme with vanished

Questions about vanished

What does vanished mean?
Vanished means no longer apparent; not extant; gone.
What part of speech is vanished?
Vanished is an adjective.
How do you pronounce vanished?
Vanished is pronounced /ˈvænɪʃt/.

Words near vanished in the dictionary

  1. Vanir
  2. vanish
  3. vanish to the four winds
  4. vanish'd
  5. vanishable
  6. vanished
  7. vanished to the four winds
  8. vanisher
  9. vanishers
  10. vanishes
  11. vanishes to the four winds

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