dominolike

English

Etymology

From domino +‎ -like.

Adjective

dominolike (comparative more dominolike, superlative most dominolike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a domino (game piece), especially in having the propensity to tumble in a chain reaction.
   • 1990, Joseph E Stevens, Hoover Dam: An American Adventure:

     Any failure in the cableway system would have a dominolike effect on the entire project, upsetting the pouring timetable, snarling rail traffic […]

   • 1991, Eric Foner, John Arthur Garraty, The Reader's companion to American history:

     He also feared that Vietnam's fall would lead to dominolike communist successes in Southeast Asia.

   • 2008, Sandi Ault, Wild Indigo:

     This same event was repeated in a dominolike sequence as motorists on both sides of the road hastened to undo their automatic reaction […]