disappearancedis`ap*pear"ance (?), n.
the act of disappearing;
cessation of appearance;
removal from sight; vanishing.
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n.)
The
act of disappearing;
cessation of appearance;
removal from sight; vanishing. Â
Noun1.
the act of
leaving secretly or
without explanation (synonym)
disappearing (antonym)
appearance (hypernym) departure, going,
going away,
leaving (hyponym)
vanishing (derivation) disappear, vanish, go away2.
the event of
passing out of
sight (antonym)
appearance (hypernym) happening, occurrence,
natural event (hyponym) ingress,
immersion (derivation) vanish, disappear, go away3.
gradually ceasing to be
visible (synonym)
fade (hypernym) termination, ending,
conclusion (derivation) vanish, disappear
Diflanedigaeth = n. disappearance
A
forced disappearance occurs when an
organization forces a
person to
vanish from public view,
either by murder or by simple sequestration.
the victim is first kidnapped,
then illegally detained in concentration camps, often tortured,
and finally executed and
the corpse hidden. In
spanish and Portuguese, "disappeared people"
are called desaparecidos, a
term which specifically refers to
the mostly South American victims of state terrorism during
the 1970s
and the 1980s, in
particular concerning Operation Condor.
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