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chain reaction

 
 
noun [C]

Translation

a series of events where each one causes the next one to happen
sıralı, birbiri peşisıra olan tepki,
1865
(Definition of chain reaction noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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