Fade out
Fade out verb - Become weaker.
Stop
Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.
Both terms in one sentence
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Poison learns firsthand when her refusal to stop the Phaerie Lord results in everyone first getting horrifically ill and then beginning to fade out of existence.
Source: Literature / Poison - After a few of these fade back ins one of them comments that when they want them to stop talking they'll just fade out and it will stay that way.
Source: Fade to Black - Worse case scenario is when the 'true' ending to the track will be a fade out or a cold stop (with no beat-only outro) making the DJ's wish he would have taken the mid-track lead out instead to get a cleaner mix.
Source: Ending Fatigue
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