Cause
Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.
Roots
Roots noun - The condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race, we learn that Mickey had been cast as a tree when he was ten, only to trip over his own roots and cause a domino effect where the whole production crashed on top of his head.
Source: Playing a Tree - The Red Plague in Twig, which has its origins in modified plant life instead of disease, spreads by spores which root themselves in their victims, integrating with their nerves to cause tremendous pain and then spreading by threading roots through the victim's veins.
Source: Amputation Stops Spread - True to the series' roots, it's moving so fast that failing to Lead the Target will inevitably cause it to reach the bottom row and kill the player.
Source: Post Final Boss
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