set off - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

cause to burst with a violent release of energy

Synonyms

• blow up
• detonate
• explode
• set off

More generic

• change integrity

More specific

• dynamite
• fulminate

Related

• blow up
• detonate
• explode

Verb

set in motion or cause to begin

Synonyms

• set off

More generic

• begin
• commence
• lead off
• start

Verb

direct attention to, as if by means of contrast

Synonyms

• bring out
• set off

More generic

• accent
• accentuate
• emphasise
• emphasize
• punctuate
• stress

More specific

• foreground
• highlight
• pick up
• play up
• raise
• spotlight

Verb

provoke or stir up

Synonyms

• incite
• instigate
• set off
• stir up

More generic

• provoke
• stimulate

More specific

• raise

Related

• act
• move

Verb

put in motion or move to act

Synonyms

• activate
• actuate
• set off
• spark
• spark off
• touch off
• trigger
• trigger off
• trip

More generic

• initiate
• pioneer

Related

• come about
• fall out
• go on
• hap
• happen
• occur
• pass
• pass off
• take place

Verb

leave

Synonyms

• depart
• part
• set forth
• set off
• set out
• start
• start out
• take off

More generic

• go away
• go forth
• leave

More specific

• blaze
• blaze out
• lift off
• roar off
• sally forth
• sally out
• take off

Verb

make up for

Synonyms

• cancel
• offset
• set off

More generic

• balance
• equilibrate
• equilibrise
• equilibrize

More specific

• counteract
• counterbalance
• countervail
• neutralize

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