Cause and Ground

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Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Ground is a synonym for cause in event topic. In some cases you can use "Ground" instead a noun "Cause", when it comes to topics like agent, start.

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

Ground noun - A small area of usually open land.

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Cause is a synonym for ground in reason topic. You can use "Cause" instead a noun "Ground", if it concerns topics such as event, start.

known	known cause	known ground
old	old cause	old ground
clear	clear cause	clear ground
common	common cause	common ground
Other adjectives: original, actual, entire, real, big, little, main, moral, holy, new, political, primary, higher.

cause time

ground time

The bullet impact will either cause puffs of dirt to erupt from the ground or cause ricochets off solid objects.

Source: Standard Hollywood Strafing Procedure
Fire is good at raw power and purification, wind is good at reconnaissance and concealment, and earth can detect people touching the ground and cause earthquakes.

Source: Elemental Powers
The fact that they are clones might cover this, except they apparently retain enough strength to knock Superman to the ground and cause him visible pain.

Source: Western Animation / Superman/Batman: Apocalypse

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