to disappear or stop being present or existing, especially in a sudden, surprising way

The child vanished while on her way home from school. 那个小女孩在放学回家的路上不见了。

We ran out after the thief, but he had vanished into thin air (= had completely disappeared). 我们冲出去追小偷，但他已经消失得无影无踪。

Cheap rural housing is vanishing in the south of the country. 廉价的乡间住房在该国南部行将绝迹。