Definition of "disappearance" [dis•ap•pear•ance]

• The action of disappearing or vanishing. (noun)

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• "U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar said Friday that while no evidence has caused investigators to question her story, the disappearance is mysterious."
• "They have all gone, disappeared; and their disappearance is the only decent thing they ever did."
• "If for some reason which Miss – er – Lulu Fay chooses to keep secret, he had her jewels and money in his possession on the fatal February 3rd, then I think his disappearance is accounted for."