Domino effect definition

Domino effect

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WordNet

(1) 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)

WiktionaryText

by analogy with a row of dominoes in which the fall of one leads to a cascade of falling pieces

the effect of one event setting off a chain of similar events
the theory that, if Vietnam fell to communism, it would be followed by Cambodia and Laos etc