domino effect

• Situação em que um evento desencadeia uma cadeia de eventos semelhantes, como peças de dominó caindo, usada para descrever consequências em cascata na política, economia ou sistemas sociais.

A situation in which one event sets off a chain of similar events, like a row of falling dominoes, often used to describe cascading consequences in politics, economics, or social systems.

1. Chain reactionB2formal

   A situation where one event causes a series of similar events to happen in sequence.

   Efeito dominó

   • The collapse of the bank triggered a domino effect across the financial sector.
   • One small mistake in the code caused a domino effect of errors throughout the system.
   • The domino effect of the factory closure led to widespread unemployment in the region.