apparated

Vanished and reappeared

Apparated is the past tense of apparate, a verb coined in the Harry Potter series for magical teleportation—vanishing from one place and instantly appearing in another.

The word has escaped its fictional origins and now appears in casual usage for any sudden or seemingly impossible arrival: One minute he wasn't there, then he just apparated in the doorway.

teleportation

disapparate

Magical teleportation departure

dematerialize · blink · phase · warp · beam · pop · shift · relocate · quantum leap · displacement

HarryPotter

Hogwarts

Voldemort · Hermione Granger · Ron Weasley · Order of the Phoenix · Diagon Alley · Snape · Bellatrix · wizarding world

instantaneous

pop

Fizzy drink, regionally

  • crackNarrow break or attempt
  • suddenOccurring without prior notice
  • instantBriefest unit of time

blink · flash · immediate · split-second · abrupt · swift · whoosh · snap · momentary · precipitate

magic

spellcasting

Performing magical incantations

sorcery · incantation · charm · summoning · vanishing · transmutation · arcane · mystical · supernatural · wizardry

Opposites
mode of transportation

apparatedwalked

Traveled on foot

trudged · crawled · trekked · plodded · hiked

arrival vs. departure

apparateddisapparated

Teleported away magically

vanished · disappeared · dematerialized · faded away · departed

Phrases
Family

apparatus, apparate, apparates, apparating

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