Disappear vs Destroy - What's the difference?
disappear | destroy |
(label) To vanish.
(label) To make vanish.
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, title= (label) To go away; to become lost.
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To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
In intransitive terms the difference between disappear and destroy
is that disappear is to go away; to become lost while destroy is to cause destruction.In transitive terms the difference between disappear and destroy
is that disappear is to make vanish while destroy is to put down or euthanize.disappear
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Verb
(en verb)Catch 22: A Dramatization, genre=Fiction, publisher=Delacorte Press, passage="Did they disappear' him?" / "I don’t know." / "What will you do if they decide to ' disappear you?"}}
F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared .}}
Synonyms
* (to vanish) dematerialize, vanishAntonyms
* (to vanish) appearAnagrams
*destroy
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Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.