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cascade

noun as in something falling, especially water

verb as in fall in a rush

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The score is a tone poem for cascading piano, string quartet and sighing clarinet lines.

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Reducing and managing this cascade is one of the central goals of modern surgical care.

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A blackout that paralyzed Spain and Portugal in April showed how a relatively small glitch on the grid, such as an outage at a few power plants, can cascade.

Its skin is coarse and blue, with ridges that cascade down its back like waves.

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It cascaded to the ground and swirled elegantly about her feet.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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