If “Set off” has stopped your progress, these answers come from crosswords where that exact clue—or one just like it—was solved using the entries listed here.
Answer List:
- BEGAN
- APART
- TRIP
- DEPART
- BEGUN
- DEPARTED
- TRIGGERED
- DETONATE
- STARTOUT
- IGNITE
- TRIGGER
- LIT
- LEAVE
- ACTIVATE
- ACTUATE
- EMBARK
- DETONATED
- WENT
- IGNITED
Synonyms and Definitions
BEGAN
- Synonyms: begin, commence, get, get down, lead off, set about, set out, start, start out
APART
- Synonyms: isolated, obscure
TRIP
- Synonyms: activate, actuate, get off, head trip, jaunt, misstep, slip, spark, spark off, stumble, touch off, travel, trigger, trigger off, trip out, trip up, trip-up, tripper, turn on
DEPART
- Synonyms: deviate, digress, diverge, go, go away, leave, part, pull up stakes, quit, set forth, sidetrack, straggle, take leave, take off, vary
DEPARTED
- Synonyms: asleep, at peace, at rest, bygone, bypast, dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, depart, foregone, gone
TRIGGERED
- Synonyms: trip
DETONATE
- Synonyms: blow up, explode
IGNITE
- Synonyms: catch fire, combust, conflagrate, erupt, fire up, heat, inflame, light, stir up, take fire, wake
TRIGGER
- Synonyms: gun trigger, induction, initiation
LIT
- Synonyms: alight, dismount, fall, ignite, illume, illuminate, illuminated, illumine, light up, lighted, literature, perch, unhorse, well-lighted
LEAVE
- Synonyms: allow, allow for, bequeath, entrust, exit, farewell, forget, get out, give, go forth, go out, impart, lead, leave alone, leave behind, leave of absence, leave-taking, parting, pass on, provide, result, will
ACTIVATE
- Synonyms: aerate
ACTUATE
- Synonyms: incite, motivate, move, prompt, propel
EMBARK
- Synonyms: enter, ship, venture
DETONATED
- Synonyms: detonate
WENT
- Synonyms: become, belong, blend, blend in, break, break down, buy the farm, cash in ones chips, choke, conk, conk out, croak, decease, die, drop dead, endure, expire, extend, fail, fit, function, get going, give out, give way, give-up the ghost, go bad, hold out, hold up, kick the bucket, last, live, live on, locomote, operate, pass, pass away, perish, plump, pop off, proceed, rifle, run, run low, run short, snuff it, sound, survive, work
IGNITED
- Synonyms: enkindled, kindled
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- APART also appears as an answer in Isolated crossword clue 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10 letters.
- APART also appears as an answer in In reserve crossword clue 5, 6 and 7 letters.
- DEPART also appears as an answer in Skedaddle crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 and 13 letters.
- BEGUN also appears as an answer in Underway crossword clue 5, 7, 8 and 10 letters.
- BEGUN also appears as an answer in In progress crossword clue 5, 7 and 8 letters.