Cause and Opening

Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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

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

Opening noun - A favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place.

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Cause and opening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Opening".

Nearby Words: open, openness, opened, opener

good	good cause	good opening
usual	usual cause	usual opening
original	original cause	original opening
initial	initial cause	initial opening
Other adjectives: true, proper, single, obvious, actual, entire, real, big, great, huge, little, main, new, possible, official, different, biggest.

The force was enough to rip her rectum and vaginal opening and cause fatal damage.

Source: Series / 1000 Ways to Die
In all fights, it is your goal to cause your adversary to over-commit to the defense of an opening and strike at whichever opening is both closest and undefended.

Source: Useful Notes / European Swordsmanship
Red Herring: The opening narration implies that something else was the cause behind the creation of the Marvel Universe instead of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, but this ends up not being the case.

Source: Comic Book / Marvel 1985

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