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Collocations for vanish - verb

1. disappear suddenly and completely

ADV.

just, simply
I turned round and she had simply vanished.
abruptly, instantly, promptly, suddenly | quickly, rapidly
Her feelings of shyness rapidly vanished.
mysteriously
a man who mysteriously vanished from his home last month

VERB + VANISH

seem to | make sb/sth

PREP.

from
All thoughts of romance vanished from his mind.
into
She vanished into the mist.

PHRASES

vanish from the face of the earth, vanish from sight, vanish into thin air
At a stroke she could make things vanish into thin air.
vanish without trace

2. disappear over a period of time

ADV.

altogether, completely, entirely, totally
Many of these old cinemas have now vanished altogether.
all but, almost, virtually
country inns of a type that has now all but vanished
long since
The people who built this temple have long since vanished.
forever
Much of the land we loved has vanished forever.

PREP.

from
This plant is vanishing from the British countryside.

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