Offending
Offending adjective - Offending against or breaking a law or rule.
Responsible and offending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Responsible" instead an adjective "Offending".
Responsible
Responsible adjective - Being the one who must meet an obligation or suffer the consequences for failing to do so.
Offending and responsible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offending" instead an adjective "Responsible".
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The actual stinger is that soon after the airing of the episode in question (which alone wasn't responsible for the total seizure count), several news outlets in Japan aired the offending segement again as part of stories covering the incident, causing more seizures...
Source: Epileptic Flashing Lights
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