set off
- mounted adj.
- atone v.
- beautify v.
- become v.
- border v.
- circulate v.
- compensate v.
- contrast v.
- counterbalance v.
- differentiate v.
- discharge v.
- distinguish v.
- effectuate v.
- explode v.
- feature v.
- fire v.
- flatter v.
- garnish v.
- go v.
- grace v.
- incite v.
- individualize v.
- intensify v.
- make up v.
- militarize v.
- mobilize v.
- offset v.
- outweigh v.
- produce v.
- redeem v.
- sequester v.
- shoot v.
- spark v.
- trigger v.
Example Sentences
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The same booster section from the January 2025 mission is due to set off on its 18th flight on 10 August.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The boat, which had set off weeks before from the Ebola-stricken eastern city of Kisangani, was stopped at a river port 40 miles from the capital, home to some 17 million people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Woods, who competes using her maiden name Sophie Amy Grant, set off on July 4 in Trieste, Italy, and finished on the Mediterranean coast of Monaco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
To policymakers in the U.S., this likely set off alarm bells.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Curiously, the cub watched Tall Tailless set off along the pack-trail that went up-Wet.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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