单词	touch off
释义	touch off verb touched off; touching off; touches off transitive verb 1 a : to provoke or initiate with sudden intensity the verdict touched off local riots b : to cause to explode by or as if by touching with fire 2 : to describe or characterize with precision Synonyms activate actuate crank (up) drive move run set off spark start trigger turn on See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences his obscene comment touched off a heated debate about the need for censorship on live broadcasts Word History First Known Use 1694, in the meaning defined at sense 2 touch off verb as in to trigger to cause to function his obscene comment touched off a heated debate about the need for censorship on live broadcasts Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance trigger activate spark set off drive power move turn on fuel start generate run actuate ignite charge crank (up) kick over provoke fire turn over push stir up electrify launch switch release stimulate discharge trip energize step up recharge reactivate accelerate arouse incite vitalize excite speed (up) catalyze quicken instigate jump-start kick-start Antonyms & Near Antonyms shut off kill cut cut off cut out deactivate check stop brake stick turn off arrest halt stall jam draw up slow suppress decelerate repress stunt See More
随便看	repetitivenesses Rephaim rephonemicization rephonemicize rephotograph rephotographed rephotographing rephotographs rephrase rephrased rephrases rephrasing repic repine repine (for) repine for repined repined (for) repined for repinements repiner repiners repines repines (for) repines for

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