chain reactionnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌtʃeɪn riˈæk.ʃən/us/ˌtʃeɪn riˈæk.ʃən/a set of related events in which each event causes the next one, or a chemical reaction in which each change causes another:
The war risked setting off a perilous chain reaction that would endanger the whole world.
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Order and sequence - general words
- alphabetize
- back end
- back end
- be a chapter of accidents idiom
- catalogue
- ladder
- merry-go-round
- next
- nth
- penultimate
- precedence
- run
- running
- second 1
- series
- succession
- thirdly
- timeline
- train
- vice versa
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