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View definitions for set off

set off

adjective as in mounted

Weak match

verb as in beautify

verb as in circulate

verb as in counterbalance

verb as in discharge

Strongest matches

Strong matches

Weak matches

verb as in effectuate

verb as in fire

verb as in garnish

verb as in grace

verb as in produce

verb as in sequester

verb as in spark

verb as in trigger

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Example Sentences

In 2022, Duke researchers, backed by the National Institutes of Health, began investigating whether stimulating the vagus nerve could affect SUMOylation and set off a natural anti-inflammatory response that calms immune responses and reduces inflammation.

This sets off a chain reaction of events culminating in the creation of a “polar vortex” with more extreme cold, storminess and snow.

From Salon

It set off at full speed and reached the Titanic two hours after it had sank in the North Atlantic on 15 April 1912.

From BBC

The former Top Gear and Question of Sport host, 51, had set off from Wrexham, almost 300 miles away, on Monday.

From BBC

Volcanoes set off a cascade of chemical changes in the environment that make their way to the subterranean rock.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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