Cause and Contrive

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Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Contrive and cause are semantically related in effect topic. In some cases you can use "Contrive" instead a verb "Cause".

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

Contrive verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

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Cause and contrive are semantically related in effect topic. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Contrive".

deaths	cause deaths	contrive deaths
sorts	cause sorts	contrive sorts

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