Verb

• S: (v) trip (trip%2:36:00::), actuate (actuate%2:36:00::), trigger (trigger%2:36:00::), activate (activate%2:36:00::), set off (set_off%2:36:00::), spark off (spark_off%2:36:00::), spark (spark%2:36:00::), trigger off (trigger_off%2:36:00::), touch off (touch_off%2:36:00::) (put in motion or move to act) "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"
• S: (v) depart (depart%2:38:01::), part (part%2:38:00::), start (start%2:38:02::), start out (start_out%2:38:00::), set forth (set_forth%2:38:00::), set off (set_off%2:38:00::), set out (set_out%2:38:00::), take off (take_off%2:38:00::) (leave) "The family took off for Florida"
• S: (v) bring out (bring_out%2:30:00::), set off (set_off%2:30:02::) (direct attention to, as if by means of contrast) "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"
• S: (v) explode (explode%2:30:01::), detonate (detonate%2:30:00::), blow up (blow_up%2:30:03::), set off (set_off%2:30:00::) (cause to burst with a violent release of energy) "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
• S: (v) cancel (cancel%2:42:00::), offset (offset%2:42:00::), set off (set_off%2:42:00::) (make up for) "His skills offset his opponent's superior strength"
• S: (v) set off (set_off%2:30:01::) (set in motion or cause to begin) "The guide set the tour off to a good start"
• S: (v) incite (incite%2:32:00::), instigate (instigate%2:32:00::), set off (set_off%2:32:00::), stir up (stir_up%2:32:00::) (provoke or stir up) "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"