Bait and Cause

Bait

Bait noun - Something used to attract animals to a hook or into a trap.

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

Nearby Words: baited, baiting, baiter, baity

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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

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

old	old bait	old cause
good	good bait	good cause
usual	usual bait	usual cause
right	right bait	right cause
Other adjectives: true, single, obvious, actual, entire, real, big, serious, little, potential, supernatural, new, major, frequent, political.

bait attacks

cause attacks

Ishida does point out the amount of hollow bait he used should never have caused a hollow response like this and it's eventually revealed Aizen was the cause of what happened, not Ishida.

Source: All Is Well That Ends Well
There is also the Redeker Plan, which will ensure that some type of government remains during the Zombie Apocalypse... by creating "Safe Zones" that are actually zombie-bait kill-zones, to be inhabited by those deemed "useless" to the anti-zombie cause.

Source: Murder Is the Best Solution
Flame Bait: In-universe: After a scrape with the Image Boards, Zig Zag discovers that mentioning her name is enough to cause bouts of fury◊.

Source: Web Comic / Sabrina Online

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