fade away
Slowly become nothing
To fade away is to diminish gradually until gone.
A sound fades away into silence; a memory fades away over time.
The phrase often describes someone withdrawing from activity or prominence: After the scandal, he simply faded away.
In basketball, a fadeaway is a jump shot taken while leaping backward from the defender.
diminish
Decrease gradually
- dwindleDecrease gradually over time
- weakenReduce in strength
- subsideDecrease in intensity
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
taper · decline · lessen · recede · abate · atrophy · shrink · wilt
vanish
Pass from visibility
- evanesceDisappear by degrees
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- evaporateTransition to gaseous state
- dissipateGradually fade away
dematerialize · disperse · vanish into thin air · ghost · blur
wane
Decrease gradually
ebb · taper · decline · lessen · recede · abate · atrophy · shrink · wilt · decrease
disappear
Pass from visibility
dissipate · dematerialize · disperse · vanish into thin air · ghost · blur
- diminishingabate, decrease, diminish, dwindle, ebb
- disappearingvanish, disappear, vanishing, evaporate, gone
- fizzle outpeter out, taper off, dwindle, wane, ebb
- oblivionoblivion, nothingness, nonexistence, extinction, annihilation
- shotsgunshot, B-52, Jagerbomb, Kamikaze, lemon drop
- camera shotsclose-up, close up, helicopter shot, medium shot, crane shot