Most phenomena are caused by something, and cause other things. Something starts them, something else stops them. They get more so or less so, go faster or slower. So why not say so? Writers are very fond of usingfuel
ignite
kick start
spark
spawn
stoke
trigger
when they mean cause or start (they're particularly fond of saying that floods are triggered, or that icy roads spark traffic accidents). If you always write “spark” when you mean “cause” it soon loses any idea of a stray spark setting a haystack alight and you might as well use:
advance, aggravate
bring about, build up
cause, construct, contribute to
drive
elicit, enable, encourage, evoke, exacerbate
facilitate
generate, give rise to
impel, incite, increase, instigate
lead to, lessen
magnify, make possible, motivate
power, promote, prompt, provoke
release, result from, result in
start
stop
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