Cause and Provoke

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

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Provoke is a synonym for cause in bring about topic. In some cases you can use "Provoke" instead a verb "Cause", when it comes to topics like produce, start, originate, arouse.

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

Provoke verb - Evoke or provoke to appear or occur.

Usage example: Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple

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Cause is a synonym for provoke in start topic. You can use "Cause" instead a verb "Provoke", if it concerns topics such as arouse, produce, originate, rouse.

Nearby Words: provocation, provoking

reaction	cause reaction	provoke reaction
attack	cause attack	provoke attack
people	cause people	provoke people
kind	cause kind	provoke kind
Other words: fear, sort, death, effect, incident, apocalypse, explosion, war, attacks, wars.

Just Cause and its sequel avert this trope, if only by the letter, since you're simply too big a threat to provoke a police-response - instead, you're dealing with The Army from start to finish.

Source: Hammerspace Police Force
Also, the mermaids can cause earthshakes from the sea; it's geologically possible that earthshakes provoke volcanic eruptions, therefore the mermaids did cause the Vesuvio eruption.

Source: Manga / Hekikai No Ai ON
However, any final blow that does not provoke one of The Many Deaths of You, no matter how minor, can cause his limbs to fly off amusingly, despite his full body armour.

Source: Video Game / Dead Space 2

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