Escape and Fade

Escape

Escape verb - To get free from a dangerous or confining situation.

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

Fade verb - To cease to be visible.

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

Nearby Words: faded, fading

attention	escape attention	fade attention
life	escape life	fade life
thanks	escape thanks	fade thanks
death	escape death	fade death
Other words: destruction, enemies.

He helps them escape from Trollocs and is the reason they survive "in the real world." He then "sacrifices" himself by battling a Fade, giving them time to escape.

Source: Mentor Archetype aka: The Mentor
During the "Better Dead" event of 2010, Sergei Smirnov confirmed this was also true of permanently droned captives, saying that they are fully awake and screaming to escape, but slowly fade away until nothing of them remains.

Source: Roleplay / Mayfield
Exploited in Book 4 of Codex Alera; Fade/Araris is locked in a duel with another Master Swordsman, and needs to tie her down long enough for Tavi and the others to escape the ship they're on.

Source: Impaled with Extreme Prejudice

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