幻灭 (huàn miè) — to be disillusioned; to have one's illusions shattered; to vanish into thin air (less common)

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• 经历了这场失败，他的理想彻底幻灭了。
  Jīng lì le zhè chǎng shī bài, tā de lǐ xiǎng chè dǐ huàn miè le.
  After this failure, his ideals were completely shattered.
• 她原本对爱情充满幻想，但现实让她的梦想幻灭了。
  Tā yuán běn duì ài qíng chōng mǎn huàn xiǎng, dàn xiàn shí ràng tā de mèng xiǎng huàn miè le.
  She was once full of romantic fantasies, but reality dashed her dreams.
• 那座古城最后在一场大火中幻灭，再无痕迹。
  Nà zuò gǔ chéng zuì hòu zài yì chǎng dà huǒ zhōng huàn miè, zài wú hén jì.
  That ancient city finally vanished into thin air in a great fire, leaving no trace.

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