The Clue
Fade out (5 letter answer)
The Answer
CEASE
Tags
Notes
The answer CEASE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 130 puzzles.
Related Clues
Desist
Discontinue
End
___-fire
Halt
Quit
Stop
Terminate
Break off
Come to a halt
Cut out
Desist's partner
Die out
Have done with
Knock off
Leave off
Partner of desist
Put an end to
Put a stop to
Shut down
Word with desist
Do not continue
"Give it a rest!"
Go cold turkey
Knock it off
"To ___ upon the midnight . . . ": Keats
Definition
CEASE as a noun:
1. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
CEASE as a verb:
1. (discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off) = put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
2. (end, stop, finish, terminate, cease) = have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"