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"Disappeared" [View all]
"Disappeared" is a fascinating verb.
When used literally ("That stain just disappeared" ), it takes on an almost magical, supernatural sense.
When used figuratively or metaphorically ("He was tired and disappeared off to bed for a while" ), it's far more mundane.
But when it's used in the passive sense--"He was disappeared," "She was disappeared," "They disappeared him"--it suddenly becomes one of the most bone-chilling words in the entire English language.
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