disappeared

verb (used without object)

1. to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
2. to cease to exist or be known; pass away; end gradually: One by one the symptoms disappeared.
3. (of a person) to vanish under suspicious circumstances: The dictator’s outspoken opponent disappeared that evening, shortly after midnight.

verb (used with object)

4. to cause to disappear: The magician then disappeared the card.
5. to kidnap or arrest and then imprison or kill (a political opponent) without due process of law.

noun (used with a plural verb)

6. the disappeared, political opponents who are caused to disappear, as by kidnapping: the disappeared of Argentina.

verb

1. (intr) to cease to be visible; vanish
2. (intr) to go away or become lost, esp secretly or without explanation
3. (intr) to cease to exist, have effect, or be known; become extinct or lostthe pain has disappeared
4. (tr) (esp in South and Central America) to arrest secretly and presumably imprison or kill (a member of an opposing political group)