VANISHED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vanished mean? 

• VANISHED (adjective)
  The adjective VANISHED has 1 sense:

1. having passed out of existence

  Familiarity information: VANISHED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VANISHED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having passed out of existence

Context example:

vanished civilizations

Similar:

nonexistent (not having existence or being or actuality)

 Context examples 

She vanished into her cupboard, and came out with a bottle and glass, which she placed upon the table.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You are not gone: not vanished?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

As the sun became warmer and the light of day longer, the snow vanished, and I beheld the bare trees and the black earth.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

But all was quiet, save that a strange, many-colored bird flew up from under his feet and vanished among the trees.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

All the resolution has gone out of his dear eyes, and that quiet dignity which I told you was in his face has vanished.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Her little jealous fear vanished forever, and she thanked him, with a face full of love and confidence.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“I’ll be back some time, Watson,” said he, and vanished into the night.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He played with them and lost some of his money, but when it struck twelve, everything vanished from his sight.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Several bullets struck the log-house, but not one entered; and as the smoke cleared away and vanished, the stockade and the woods around it looked as quiet and empty as before.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

So all hesitancy vanished, and the pair descended into the cabin.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)