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Yossarian and the Concept of 'Disappearing' Someone from "Catch-22". Nurse Duckett warns Yossarian that the authorities are going to 'disappear' Dunbar.

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Yossarian and the Concept of 'Disappearing' Someone

Nurse Duckett warns Yossarian that the authorities are going to 'disappear' Dunbar. The concept of 'disappearing' someone is a chilling euphemism for extrajudicial elimination. It represents the ultimate power of the state to silence dissent without a trace. Dunbar is indeed disappeared, and no one speaks of him again.