sumir — meaning in English

English meaning

• disappear verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
• flee verb To run away from danger or a threatening situation.
• scram verb To leave quickly, especially as a command telling someone to go away.
• vanish verb To disappear suddenly, or to go out of sight without being noticed.

Senses

sumir is used for these senses in English:

• disappear (intransitive) To vanish.
• disappear (transitive, often, euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.
• flee (intransitive) To disappear quickly; to vanish; to fleet.
• go away To vanish or disappear.
• scram (intransitive, originally, US, often, imperative) To leave in a hurry; to go away. [from early 20th c.]
• 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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