Appear
Appear verb - To come into view.
Usage example: a police car appeared just as I ran a red light
Nearby Words: appearance, appearing
Melt
Melt verb - To cease to be visible.
Usage example: the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It's Mad Jane, which nearly gives Winter a Heroic B.S.O.D.. Casting a Shadow: Ionkovo's demon lets him melt into and appear out of shadows, traveling through a shadowy realm between.
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Strax's repeated "melt him with acid" might rate as this: some of the last Sontarans to appear in the classic series were, themselves, melted with acid (The Two Doctors).
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Played straight when the heroes go to visit Kristoff's troll family; Olaf does not melt, or even thaw a little, despite walking between what appear to be geysers of steam.
Source: Disney / Frozen
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