Chain and Defect

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Chain noun - A series of things linked together.

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Defect and chain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defect" instead a noun "Chain".

Nearby Words: chained, chainlet, chaining

Defect noun - Something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing.

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Chain and defect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chain" instead a noun "Defect".

similar	similar chain	similar defect
certain	certain chain	certain defect
single	single chain	single defect
small	small chain	small defect
Other adjectives: powerful, entire, big, tiny, major, strange, different.

If it's likely that my chain of command will be unsympathetic if I tell the whole truth in debriefing, but I cannot or will not desert or defect, I will frag him.

Source: Just For Fun / How to Survive a War Movie
As a result, Finn is given the opportunity to defect and kicks off the chain of events that ultimately destroy Starkiller Base.

Source: Film / The Force Awakens
Due in large part to him starting a chain of events that ultimately caused Sasuke to defect from Konoha by letting it slip that Itachi came by, thus bringing the story to where it is now, Aoba Yamashiro has been hailed as a Bad Ass Spanner in the Works or Chess Master by the fans.

Source: Memetic Badass / Anime and Manga

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