Cause
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good cause | good push |
| physical | physical cause | physical push |
| right | right cause | right push |
| original | original cause | original push |
| Other adjectives: initial, single, actual, entire, real, big, great, serious, huge, little, potential, main, supernatural, major, political, eventual, higher, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- This can be a difficult line to walk: push too hard in one direction and you make it seem as if the extreme methods are acceptable; push too hard in the other and you run the risk of denying the validity of their initial cause, of arguing for oppression (for instance) instead of against it.
Source: Well-Intentioned Extremist - Getting a dwarf depressed enough will push them over the edge and cause them to lose their sanity.
- There's one character who is scripted to be impaled by spikes, and even if you push her out of the way she'll still die, seemingly without cause.
Source: Scripted Event
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