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DOMINO EFFECT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("domino effect" is a kind of...):
consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)
Domain usage:
figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)
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