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| NOUN: | A gradual disappearance, especially of a film image: fade, fadeaway, fade-out. See INCREASE, SEE. | | VERB: | 1. To reduce or become reduced to pieces or components: break down, break up, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, fragment, fragmentize. See CONTINUE, HELP. 2. To disappear gradually by or as if by dispersal of particles: fade, melt (away). See INCREASE, SEE. 3. To make (a film image) disappear gradually: fade out. See INCREASE, SEE. 4. To change from a solid to a liquid: deliquesce, flux, fuse, liquefy, melt, run, thaw. See SOLID.
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