Act and Cause

Act

Act noun - A performance regularly presented by an individual or group.

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Cause and act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Cause" instead the word "Act" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Act and cause are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead the word "Cause" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

good	good act	good cause
physical	physical act	physical cause
particular	particular act	particular cause
common	common act	common cause
Other adjectives: original, noble, single, actual, entire, real, big, great, evil, little, bad, main, ultimate, new, major, heroic, biggest.

people	act people	cause people
kind	act kind	cause kind
time	act time	cause time
bit	act bit	cause bit
Other words: damage, nothing, war, attacks.

Otherwise, they might lose themselves in the passion of the act and cause the man's heart to cave in on itself and then explode.

Source: Fantastic Arousal
While he doesn't deliberately cause any damage, he's so huge that the simple act of getting out of the ocean is enough to cause a tsunami.

Source: The Dreaded / Live-Action Films
Under somewhat similar circumstances, this is also done in Suikoden II when Apple gets on her knees and begs Shu to join your cause when realises that she alone cannot act as the army strategist.

Source: Ain't Too Proud to Beg

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