 ##  [Progressive Collapse](/progressive-collapse) 

  ##  [Progressive Collapse](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/progressive-collapse-0) 

  
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**Engineering &amp; Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 
Definition

A failure mode in which the loss or removal of one or a few structural elements triggers subsequent failures that spread through a structure, producing partial or total collapse beyond the initially damaged region.