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cascade
noun
verb
a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
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noun
a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc.) likened to a rain shower
“a little shower of rose petals”
noun
a succession of stages or operations or processes or units
“progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring”
noun
a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
verb
arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
verb
rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
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a little shower of rose petals
a sudden cascade of sparks
progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring
separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes
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