stare /ster/ Learn to pronounce verb look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open. "he stared at her in amazement" Similar: gaze gape goggle gawk glare ogle leer peer look fixedly look vacantly study survey observe watch closely eyeball outstare rubberneck gawp noun a long fixed or vacant look
dis·ap·pear /ˌdisəˈpir/ Learn to pronounce verb cease to be visible. "he disappeared into the trees" Similar: vanish pass from sight cease to be visible vanish from sight recede from view be lost to view/sight fade fade/melt away withdraw depart retire retreat go pass ebb wane dissipate be dispelled dematerialize evaporate evanesce Opposite: appear reappear cease to exist or be in use. "the tension had completely disappeared" Similar: die out die become extinct cease to be/exist be no more come to an end end pass away pass into oblivion expire perish wither away leave no trace Opposite: survive live on be lost or go missing; become impossible to find.