Disappearing suddenly or completely, ceasing to exist or becoming impossible to find.
From Old French 'vaniss-' (empty), derived from Latin 'vanitas' meaning 'emptiness.' The word literally means 'becoming empty or invisible.'
Magic tricks use 'vanishing' because our brains are terrible at tracking moving objects in space—magicians exploit how your eyes work, making things 'disappear' by controlling your attention, not actually moving the object.
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