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Last night's violent storm set off a cascade of power outages across the state.
Select the definition of cascade that the sentence uses.
cascade \kas-keyd\ noun pl cascades 1. a small, steep waterfall: The boys threw
rocks into the cascade. 2. something that flows forth, resembling a waterfall: The
skirt was composed of layers of cloth arranged in a cascade. 3. a large number of
events that happen quickly in a series: Josie was plagued by a cascade of thoughts
that kept her awake. -- from Italian (cascare)
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