set off
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(verb) set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start" |
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Related Words: begin, commence, lead off, start |
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(verb) provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people" |
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Synonyms: incite, instigate, stir up |
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Related Words: provoke, raise, stimulate |
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(verb) make up for; "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength" |
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Synonyms: cancel, offset |
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Related Words: balance, counteract, counterbalance, countervail, equilibrate, equilibrize, neutralize |
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(verb) cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" |
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Synonyms: blow up, detonate, explode |
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Related Words: change integrity, dynamite |
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(verb) direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!" "I set off these words by brackets" |
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Synonyms: accent, accentuate, bring out, emphasize, stress |
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Related Words: alter, background, change, foreground, highlight, pick up, play down, play up, raise, spotlight |
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(verb) actuate; "trigger a reaction" |
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Synonyms: activate, actuate, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger, trigger off, trip |
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Related Words: initiate, pioneer |
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(verb) leave; "The family took off for Florida" |
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Synonyms: depart, part, set forth, set out, start, start out, take off |
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Related Words: blaze, blaze out, go away, go forth, leave, lift off, roar off, sally forth, sally out, take off |
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