Is it verb
Vanished is a verb. It's the past tense of vanish.
The word 'vanished' is the past participle, past tense of the verb 'to vanish'; the past participle of the verb is also an adjective, for example, a vanished species.Noun forms for the verb 'to vanish' are 'vanisher' and 'vanishment'.
The verb in the sentence is vanished.
"The Magician vanished in a puff of smoke." "In the morning, the clouds had vanished as if they had never been there."
The magician's dove just vanished!
The word "vanished" means "disappeared". For example, if a stain is removed from an item of clothing, it would be possible to say that "the stain has vanished".
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The cat just vanished into the shrubbery.
the word were is a LINKING VERB.
The word 'be' is indeed a verb.