DOMINO EFFECT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("domino effect" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

Domain usage:

figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)

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