Drop and Fade

Drop

Drop verb - To stop living.

Usage example: during the Black Death people all over Asia and Europe were dropping like flies

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Fade and drop are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fade" instead a verb "Drop".

Nearby Words: dropped, dropping, droplet, dropout, dropper

Fade verb - Become feeble.

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Drop and fade are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Drop" instead a verb "Fade".

Nearby Words: faded, fading

Fade is really the greatest swordsman of the realm, master metalcrafter, and would kick their backsides if he wanted to drop his disguise.

Source: Literature / Codex Alera
Metal Slime: Humanoid Gekkos are generally found in out-of-way places, often drop large Holo-Chips that give a lot of BP when killed and one of them can only be found if you get to its location undetected and it quickly starts to fade away after you drop your disguise to attack it.

Source: Video Game / Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
The result is Beat The Curse Out Of Them until they 'die' (drop out of the Fade and back into the real world)—and if you've been carefully building your companions' stats, abilities, and gears, it will not be fun.

Source: Beat the Curse Out of Him

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