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fade

verb
  1. To become inaudible: die (away, out, or down), fade out. See increase
  2. To lose strength or power: decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fail, flag 2, languish, sink, wane, waste (away), weaken. Informal: fizzle (out). Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See increase, strong
  3. To disappear gradually by or as if by dispersal of particles: dissolve, melt (away). See increase, see
  4. To pass out of sight either gradually or suddenly: disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade out, vanish. See show
phrasal verb

fade out
  1. To pass out of sight either gradually or suddenly: disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade, vanish. See show
  2. To become inaudible: die (away, out, or down), fade. See increase
  3. To make (a film image) disappear gradually: dissolve. See increase, see
noun
A gradual disappearance, especially of a film image: dissolve, fadeaway, fade-out. See increase, see

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