occasioning

Giving rise to

Occasioning is the act of causing or bringing about something, typically something significant or noteworthy.

The word appears in formal or legal contexts: His reckless driving occasioning bodily harm led to criminal charges.

More broadly, any event can occasion a response: The anniversary occasioning much reflection on what had changed.

precipitating

triggering

Causing to activate

fomenting · setting off · igniting · activating · unleashing · launching · initiating · starting · commencing · kicking off

prompting

provoking

Causing a reaction

drawing out · calling forth · inducing · stimulating · arousing · awakening · stirring · rousing · enkindling · kindling

causing

engendering

Causing to exist

bringing about · giving rise to · effecting · begetting · yielding · fostering · breeding · nurturing · cultivating · originating

resulting

leading to

Bringing about as result

producing · causing · effecting · accounting for

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causation

occasioningpreventing

Stopping before occurrence

stopping · blocking · precluding · averting · forestalling

agency in events

occasioningeliminating

Removing from consideration

ending · terminating · abolishing · eradicating · extinguishing

Family

occasion, occasional, occasionally, occasions, occasioned

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