Set off crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters

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

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