disapparate
verbEtymology A negative back-formation from apparition, coined by J. K. Rowling.
1
To disappear magically.
- But again, over time and over many, many pages this scenario fails to chill: most of the “muggle” population goes about its ordinary existence, and every time the secret police close in, our heroes are able to “disapparate” — a term that always makes me think of an attempt at English by George W. Bush.2007 August 12, Christopher Hitchens, “Harry Potter: The Boy Who Lived”, in New York Times:
- Even without Alastair Campbell's assistance, a visiting idealist can see that the simplest thing John Prescott could do, to help secure a fourth term for Labour, would be to disapparate, taking his fellow revenants with him.2009 February 1, Catherine Bennett, “Does Labour really think John Prescott is the new Obama?”, in The Guardian: