SET OFF as VERB

1. Meaning
   • cause to explode
   Synonym(s)
   • blow up (what does blow up mean?)
   • detonate (what does detonate mean?)
   • explode (what does explode mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • We exploded the nuclear bomb
   Hypernyms(s) set off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change integrity (what does change integrity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • fulminate (what does fulminate mean?)
   • dynamite (what does dynamite mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • explode (what does explode mean?)
   • burst (what does burst mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • explosion (what does explosion mean?)
   • detonation (what does detonation mean?)
   • blowup (what does blowup mean?)
   • detonation (what does detonation mean?)
   • detonator (what does detonator mean?)
   • detonating device (what does detonating device mean?)
   • cap (what does cap mean?)
   • explosion (what does explosion mean?)
   • burst (what does burst mean?)
   • explosion (what does explosion mean?)
   • detonation (what does detonation mean?)
   • blowup (what does blowup mean?)
2. Meaning
   • set in motion or cause to begin
   Usage Example(s)
   • The guide set the tour off to a good start
   Hypernyms(s) set off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • begin (what does begin mean?)
   • lead off (what does lead off mean?)
   • start (what does start mean?)
   • commence (what does commence mean?)
3. Meaning
   • direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
   Synonym(s)
   • bring out (what does bring out mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • This dress accentuates your nice figure!
   • I set off these words by brackets
   Hypernyms(s) set off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • stress (what does stress mean?)
   • emphasize (what does emphasize mean?)
   • emphasise (what does emphasise mean?)
   • punctuate (what does punctuate mean?)
   • accent (what does accent mean?)
   • accentuate (what does accentuate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • pick up (what does pick up mean?)
   • foreground (what does foreground mean?)
   • highlight (what does highlight mean?)
   • spotlight (what does spotlight mean?)
   • play up (what does play up mean?)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
4. Meaning
   • provoke or stir up
   Synonym(s)
   • incite (what does incite mean?)
   • instigate (what does instigate mean?)
   • stir up (what does stir up mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • incite a riot
   • set off great unrest among the people
   Hypernyms(s) set off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • provoke (what does provoke mean?)
   • stimulate (what does stimulate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • raise (what does raise mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • fomentation (what does fomentation mean?)
   • instigation (what does instigation mean?)
   • instigator (what does instigator mean?)
   • provoker (what does provoker mean?)
   • inciter (what does inciter mean?)
   • instigant (what does instigant mean?)
   • firebrand (what does firebrand mean?)
   • instigator (what does instigator mean?)
   • provoker (what does provoker mean?)
   • inciter (what does inciter mean?)
   • instigant (what does instigant mean?)
   • firebrand (what does firebrand mean?)
   • incitation (what does incitation mean?)
   • incitement (what does incitement mean?)
   • incitement (what does incitement mean?)
   • incitation (what does incitation mean?)
   • provocation (what does provocation mean?)
   • incitation (what does incitation mean?)
   • incitement (what does incitement mean?)
   • instigator (what does instigator mean?)
   • provoker (what does provoker mean?)
   • inciter (what does inciter mean?)
   • instigant (what does instigant mean?)
   • firebrand (what does firebrand mean?)
5. Meaning
   • put in motion or move to act
   Synonym(s)
   • activate (what does activate mean?)
   • actuate (what does actuate mean?)
   • spark (what does spark mean?)
   • spark off (what does spark off mean?)
   • touch off (what does touch off mean?)
   • trigger (what does trigger mean?)
   • trigger off (what does trigger off mean?)
   • trip (what does trip mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • trigger a reaction
   • actuate the circuits
   Hypernyms(s) set off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • initiate (what does initiate mean?)
   • pioneer (what does pioneer mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • happen (what does happen mean?)
   • hap (what does hap mean?)
   • go on (what does go on mean?)
   • pass off (what does pass off mean?)
   • occur (what does occur mean?)
   • pass (what does pass mean?)
   • fall out (what does fall out mean?)
   • come about (what does come about mean?)
   • take place (what does take place mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • spark (what does spark mean?)
   • activation (what does activation mean?)
   • trigger (what does trigger mean?)
   • induction (what does induction mean?)
   • initiation (what does initiation mean?)
   • actuator (what does actuator mean?)
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • human action (what does human action mean?)
   • human activity (what does human activity mean?)
   • propulsion (what does propulsion mean?)
   • actuation (what does actuation mean?)
   • tripper (what does tripper mean?)
   • trip (what does trip mean?)
   • tripper (what does tripper mean?)
   • trip (what does trip mean?)
6. Meaning
   • leave
   Synonym(s)
   • depart (what does depart mean?)
   • part (what does part mean?)
   • set forth (what does set forth mean?)
   • set out (what does set out mean?)
   • start (what does start mean?)
   • start out (what does start out mean?)
   • take off (what does take off mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The family took off for Florida
   Hypernyms(s) set off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • leave (what does leave mean?)
   • go forth (what does go forth mean?)
   • go away (what does go away mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • take off (what does take off mean?)
   • lift off (what does lift off mean?)
   • roar off (what does roar off mean?)
   • blaze (what does blaze mean?)
   • blaze out (what does blaze out mean?)
   • sally forth (what does sally forth mean?)
   • sally out (what does sally out mean?)
   See Also
   • spare (what does spare mean?)
   • give up (what does give up mean?)
   • part with (what does part with mean?)
   • dispense with (what does dispense with mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • takeoff (what does takeoff mean?)
   • farewell (what does farewell mean?)
   • leave (what does leave mean?)
   • leave-taking (what does leave-taking mean?)
   • parting (what does parting mean?)
   • passing (what does passing mean?)
   • loss (what does loss mean?)
   • departure (what does departure mean?)
   • exit (what does exit mean?)
   • expiration (what does expiration mean?)
   • going (what does going mean?)
   • release (what does release mean?)
   • departure (what does departure mean?)
   • going (what does going mean?)
   • going away (what does going away mean?)
   • leaving (what does leaving mean?)
   • departer (what does departer mean?)
   • leaver (what does leaver mean?)
   • goer (what does goer mean?)
   • takeoff (what does takeoff mean?)
7. Meaning
   • make up for
   Synonym(s)
   • cancel (what does cancel mean?)
   • offset (what does offset mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • His skills offset his opponent’’s superior strength
   Hypernyms(s) set off is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • balance (what does balance mean?)
   • equilibrate (what does equilibrate mean?)
   • equilibrize (what does equilibrize mean?)
   • equilibrise (what does equilibrise mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • counteract (what does counteract mean?)
   • countervail (what does countervail mean?)
   • neutralize (what does neutralize mean?)
   • counterbalance (what does counterbalance mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • counterbalance (what does counterbalance mean?)
   • offset (what does offset mean?)