to disappear; to vanish; to go out of sight; to go away; to become lost

to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to turn off (e.g. of a TV screen)

to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope)

to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness); to disappear; to fade away (e.g. of footsteps)

to wear away (e.g. of an inscription); to rub out (of writing); to fade (e.g. of ink)

to be lost (e.g. of a tradition); to die out; to disappear

to erase; to rub out; to rub off; to cross out; to delete

to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off

to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out

to remove (a smell, pain, etc.); to eliminate; to get rid of; to relieve (pain, anxiety, etc.); to neutralize (poison)

to drown out (a sound); to deaden; to absorb; to muffle

Colloquial

to kill; to murder; to bump off; to rub out

Idiomatic expression

to disappear; to vanish

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; vanishing; termination; lapse

Physics

annihilation

consumption; expenditure; spending

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

to disappear; to vanish

to deny; to contradict

to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

Transitive verb

digestion (of food)

Transitive verb

digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding

Transitive verb

consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion

Archaic; Intransitive verb; Orig. meaning

losing one's form and turning into something else