Effect
Effect verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Similarly done in the Mort Myre swamp area, though not as severely: If you don't have the proper protection from the swamp's decaying effect, you'll occasionally lose a handful of Hitpoints.
Source: Wizard Needs Food Badly -
Worse, a Shadow Game has taken effect, meaning when players lose life points they lose their life energy.
- Specifically, the combination of a Kudzu Plot with Webcomic Time can have a similar effect on the audience, even when a finale is in the works, if the piece stretches out long enough that the fans lose track of the original premise of the series.
Source: The Chris Carter Effect
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