Flee
Flee verb - To cease to be visible.
Usage example: the fog fled with the arrival of the dawn
Nearby Word: fleeing
Sink
Sink verb - To cease to be visible.
Usage example: that evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Sink the Lifeboats: Paragus tries to use his Escape Pod to flee from his rampaging son, Broly, and from the comet about to collide with the planet he had previously lured the Z-Fighters to.
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