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chain reaction

 noun
     
chain reaction [countable]
1 technical a chemical or nuclear reaction which produces energy and causes more reactions of the same kind
2 a series of related events, each of which causes the next:
A sudden drop on Wall Street can set off a chain reaction in other financial markets.
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