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Disappear like a vehicle? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vanish

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'disappear' is the definition.
(I know that disappear can be written as vanish)

'like a vehicle?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'like' could be 'ish' (similar in meaning) and 'ish' is found within the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'v' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for vanish that I've seen before include "Evanesce" , "make go" , "Become invisible" , "Cease to exist" , "Disappear suddenly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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