Cause and Insist

Cause

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

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Insist and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Insist" instead a verb "Cause".

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

Insist verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.

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Cause and insist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Insist".

Notably, the cause of the discussion in the first place is that the robots insist on not being called "robots", because etymologically it means "slave", and "[they] are ''not'' slaves".

Source: Not Using the "Z" Word
Usually because his new X-ist friends insist he kills them to prove how devoted he is to the cause.

Source: Pretend Prejudice
In fairness, canon would insist that the weapon would turn against the righteous bearer or cause him to sprout tentacles or something anyway.

Source: Unusable Enemy Equipment

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