cascade

Examples

• All

• The unexpected budget cuts triggered a cascade of changes in the organization's staffing policies.

• So walking is the first step of a whole cascade of evolutionary adaptations.

  Big Think

• And it was something that started a cascade of change for me.

• I can think about that as the cascade of a system that starts with X.

• And that, that, that really set a cascade of events in motion.

• All right, so let's come back to the cascade of events.

• All we can hope for is to slow the cascade of symptoms.

  Lorenzo's Oil (1992)

• So when this horrific storm struck, it created a cascade of problems in the health system.

• One misalignment could cause a cascade of circuit failures.

  Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

• The darkened room heaved, the floor rippling beneath a cascade of glass, crockery, and books.

  Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

C

chain

vscascade

386 2.0

A series of connected events where each follows the next

focuses on a continuous process of stages that trigger later stages

S

sequence

vscascade

342 3.2

A set of things or events that come one after another in a specific order

focuses specifically on a causal passing through stages, not mere order

C

chain of events

vscascade

21 3.2

A series of connected events where each one causes the next

is a staged process where each stage triggers the following one

C

chain reaction

vscascade

• Specialized

15 4.1

A series of chemical or nuclear reactions in which one reaction makes the next start

applies more broadly to staged processes beyond chemical reactions

D

domino effect

vscascade

11 4.0

A chain of events in which one event causes the next to happen

describes stages triggering next ones, not just similar events in a row

C

concatenation

vscascade

1 9.9

A series of things like events or ideas joined in a chain

emphasizes a causal series of stages that actively trigger each other

Compounds

C

Cascade Mountains

3 3.5

A mountain range in northwest United States running through Washington, Oregon and northern California with volcanic peaks

C

Cascade Range

1 5.8

A long mountain range in the northwest United States across Washington, Oregon and northern California

C

cascade everlasting

• Australian

9.9

A small shrub with white woolly leaves and long sprays of fragrant flowers used for drying

C

cascade liquefier

• Specialized

8.5

A machine that turns gases like air or oxygen into liquid by cooling them in several stages

C

cascade penstemon

• US

9.9

A plant that lives many years and has blue to purple flowers at the ends of tall leafy stems

C

cascade transformer

• Specialized

7.9

A group of electrical devices connected one after another to make very high voltage

How Sequential

chain reaction

• Specialized

15 4.1

domino effect

11 4.0

cascade

28 5.3

progression

72 3.8

sequence

342 3.2

Surface Forms

Etymology