spirit away
Vanish with someone
To spirit away is to remove someone or something quickly and secretly, as if by supernatural means.
The phrase suggests mysterious disappearance—a person spirited away vanishes without explanation or trace: The children were spirited away in the night.
Someone had spirited away the documents before investigators arrived.
Seize and detain illegally
- snatchRapid forceful taking
- carry offExecute successfully
- seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
- captureTake into custody
take · remove · make off with · run off with · smuggle · extract · transport · relocate
Magically captivate someone
- bewitchCaptivate by supernatural means
- possessTo own or hold
- entrancePoint of access
- spellbindCaptivate completely, immovably
fairy · changeling · otherworld · fae · yokai · kami · vanish · transport
Pass from visibility
- vanishCease to be visible
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- fadeLose intensity gradually
dematerialize · evanesce · gone · trace · without warning · suddenly · inexplicably · thin air
Without others' knowledge
- stealthilyIn a covert manner
- surreptitiouslyIn a hidden manner
- clandestinelyIn a hidden manner
- furtivelyIn a secretive manner
under cover · undetected · smuggle · sneak · concealed · hidden · disguised · undercover
kidnap
Seize and detain illegally
capture · take · remove · make off with · run off with · smuggle · extract · transport · relocate · hide
enchant
Magically captivate someone
spellbind · fairy · changeling · otherworld · fae · yokai · kami · vanish · transport · realm
disappear
Pass from visibility
fade · dematerialize · evanesce · gone · trace · without warning · suddenly · inexplicably · thin air · poof
secretly
Without others' knowledge
- stealthilyIn a covert manner
- surreptitiouslyIn a hidden manner
- clandestinelyIn a hidden manner
furtively · under cover · undetected · smuggle · sneak · concealed · hidden · disguised · undercover · cloak
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