disappearing

v. going away so that you can no longer see it.

v. the process of ceasing to be visible; the progressive aspect of vanishing from a physical location.

“The sun was disappearing behind the mountains as we drove home.”

“The small boat was rapidly disappearing into the thick morning mist, leaving the onlookers on the pier unable to track its progress.”

v. slowly stopping to exist or being lost forever.

v. the gradual process of becoming extinct, lost, or no longer present in a particular environment.

“Many traditional languages are disappearing because fewer young people speak them.”

“Conservationists are deeply concerned about disappearing habitats, noting that several local species have already been forced into smaller, fragmented territories.”

n. the event of someone or something going away suddenly.

n. the act or instance of a person or thing vanishing; used as a gerund to denote the event itself.

“The mysterious disappearing of the cookies from the jar upset the children.”

“The sudden disappearing of the lead witness caused the entire legal case to collapse before the trial could even begin.”