Cause and Whip

Cause

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

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

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

Whip verb - To strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible.

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Cause and whip are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Whip".

Nearby Words: whipped, whipping, whippy

specific	specific cause	specific whip
true	true cause	true whip
proper	proper cause	proper whip
single	single cause	single whip
Other adjectives: actual, real, huge, holy, different.

people	cause people	whip people
time	cause time	whip time

Its less damaging sibling (only in that it doesn't cause the stat drain) is the neural lash, which operates on similar principles but is actually a proper whip, albeit one that telescopes back into its handle between strikes.

Source: Whip It Good
Aiming your pistol (lethal or otherwise) at Pliskin will cause him to whip out his gun and point it at you. Instantly.

Source: What the Hell, Player?
In Ruth Frances Long's The Treachery of Beautiful Things, the piper can whip up storms and cause roses to entangle Jack.

Source: Magic Music

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