Cause and Limit

Cause

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

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

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

Limit verb - To set bounds or an upper limit for.

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Cause and limit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Limit".

known	known cause	known limit
old	old cause	old limit
physical	physical cause	physical limit
exact	exact cause	exact limit
Other adjectives: usual, common, natural, specific, original, initial, single, actual, real, big, huge, main, new, apparent, less, official, realistic, higher.

amount	cause amount	limit amount
destruction	cause destruction	limit destruction
effect	cause effect	limit effect
time	cause time	limit time
Other words: game, effects, injury, damage, casualties, deaths, injuries.

Homeworld is one of the few games where going above the arbitrary limit is likely to cause more grief than benefit to the player.

Source: Arbitrary Headcount Limit
This is the cause of the game's invisible time limit — after the limit is up, the suggestions planted in Rachel's mind cause her to kill CFF leader Erin Burr.

Source: Video Game / Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller
Going too far from the origin of the coordinate system (there is no limit) will cause floating-point errors and will cause visual distortion and other nasty effects, even crashes in some situations.

Source: Video Game / Roblox

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Limit and Cause. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/limit

Cause & Limit. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/limit>.

Limit or Cause. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/limit.

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