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消失 — meaning in English

xiāo shī

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English meaning

  • disappear verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
  • dwindle verb To become steadily smaller, fewer or weaker over time.
  • poof intj Used to represent a sudden small explosion or a magical vanishing.
  • set verb To put something in a particular place or position.
  • vanish verb To disappear suddenly, or to go out of sight without being noticed.

Senses

消失 is used for these senses in English:

  • disappear (intransitive) To vanish.
  • dwindle (intransitive) To decrease, shrink, diminish, reduce in size or intensity.
  • fade away To lose strength, become weaker; to wane; to disappear or reduce slowly.
  • go away To vanish or disappear.
  • set (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
  • vanish (intransitive) To become invisible or to move out of view unnoticed.

disappear — full definition

  1. verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
  2. verb To go missing, especially suddenly and without explanation.
  3. verb (transitive, informal) To make someone vanish, especially by abducting or killing them for political reasons.

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