Cycle
Cycle verb - Recur in repeating sequences.
Lead
Lead verb - To point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Semi-subverted: Isshin does state exacting vengeance on the murderer(s) will only lead to the cycle repeating against Teppei, while adding it's perhaps not what his mother would want.
Source: Visual Novel / Princess Lover! - But when the Sith overthrow Emperor Roan Fel, he escapes to lead ANOTHER remnant, and the cycle continues...
Source: Vestigial Empire - Cycle of Revenge: Tamora's attempts to avenge her son on Titus lead to Titus's attempts to get revenge on Tamora.... and so on, and so on.
Source: Theatre / Titus Andronicus
Cite this Source
Lead and Cycle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cycle/lead
Cycle & Lead. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cycle/lead>.
Lead or Cycle. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cycle/lead.
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