Cause
Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Sic
Sic verb - To take sudden, violent action against.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Though cold (or influenza-like symptoms) can be caused by bacteria, it is generally bad practice to sic antibiotics on anything resembling it until a cause can be pinpointed.
Source: Visual Novel / True Remembrance - I'll have his assistant killed, plunge the Vault into mayhem, cause many more deaths, forcefully interrogate my own daughter, and sic my men to go shoot the doctor's child on sight!
- Most of them are ~three line In-Name-Only fics against the evil "britis" (sic), which cause something horrible to happen (a cul-de-sac being nuked, The universe getting destroyed...) or they are killed off.
Source: Troll Fic
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Sic and Cause. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/sic
Cause & Sic. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/sic>.
Sic or Cause. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cause/sic.
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