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domino effect

noun as in cumulative effect from one event setting off a chain of events

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The lack of food can also domino effect into peace and security—already there have been reports about stolen food aid.

This first session set off a domino effect of unexpected proportions.

The former Soviet Union is witnessing an anti-gay, anti-Western, anti-civil society domino effect.

The CVS move will undoubtedly create a domino effect among other pharmacy chains.

Depending on what Wildstein has, and on whom, he might set off a domino-effect of people flipping, and then who knows.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to domino effect, such as: causal sequence, cause and effect, chain of events, contagion effect, domino theory, and knock-on.

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

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