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touch off
Overview of verb touch-off
The verb touch off has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off -- (put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits")
Antonyms of verb touch-off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb touch-off
1 sense of touch off
Sense 1
trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
=> initiate, pioneer
=> cause, do, make
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb touch-off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb touch-off
1 sense of touch off
Sense 1
trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
=> initiate, pioneer
'Cause To' of verb touch-off
1 sense of touch off
Sense 1
trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Derived Forms of verb touch-off
Domain of verb touch-off
Domain Terms of verb touch-off
Familiarity of verb touch-off
touch off used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb touch-off
1 sense of touch off
Sense 1
trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb touch-off
1 sense of touch off
Sense 1
trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
> initiate, pioneer
=> strike up
=> introduce, innovate
=> trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
=> establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
=> stage, arrange
=> mount
=> undertake, set about, attempt
=> organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb touch-off
Sense 1
trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
=> initiate, pioneer
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