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set off::verb | Spocien Dictionary

set off
verb
/sɛt_ɔf/
put in motion or move to act
Type Words
Synonyms activate, actuate, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip
Type of initiate, pioneer

set off::verb | Spocien Dictionary

set off
verb
/sɛt_ɔf/
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
Type Words
Synonyms blow up, detonate, explode
Type of change integrity
Has types dynamite, fulminate

set off::verb | Spocien Dictionary

set off
verb
/sɛt_ɔf/
make up for
Type Words
Synonyms cancel, offset
Type of equilibrate, balance, equilibrise, equilibrize
Has types neutralize, countervail, counterbalance, counteract

set off::verb | Spocien Dictionary

set off
verb
/sɛt_ɔf/
provoke or stir up
Type Words
Synonyms incite, instigate, stir up
Type of stimulate, provoke
Has types raise


set off great unrest among the people.

set off::verb | Spocien Dictionary

set off
verb
/sɛt_ɔf/
direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
Type Words
Synonyms bring out
Type of accent, emphasize, emphasise, accentuate, punctuate, stress
Has types pick up, highlight, foreground, spotlight, raise, play up


I set off these words by brackets.

set off::verb | Spocien Dictionary

set off
verb
/sɛt_ɔf/
leave
Type Words
Synonyms depart, part, set forth, set out, start, start out, take off
Type of go away, go forth, leave
Has types sally forth, take off, blaze, blaze out, lift off, sally out, roar off

set off::verb | Spocien Dictionary

set off
verb
/sɛt_ɔf/
set in motion or cause to begin
Type Words
Type of lead off, commence, start, begin

Examples of set off

set off
That call from the show set off a whirlwind of trying to get ready for the trip.
From the abcnews.go.com
Why set off for Mars when we've done practically nothing in exploring the ocean?
From the time.com
His eye bandaged, al-Wahedi set off through the innards of Erez's security maze.
From the time.com
In June, our columnist set off from a California beach in the LA to NY footrace.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Having landed on this theory, four years later I set off for the next World Cup.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Intriguingly, Campbell set off her outfit at The Hague with an evil eye pendant.
From the telegraph.co.uk
We'd set off an hour previously after Fidel, our guide, had given us a briefing.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He said that a casing on the exit door handle fell off, which set off the alarm.
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The small subdivision, set off Plant Road in Halfmoon, offers all that and more.
From the timesunion.com
LeafTensor is a decentralized system.