touched off

verb

Definition of touched offnext
past tense of touch off
as in activated
to cause to function his obscene comment touched off a heated debate about the need for censorship on live broadcasts

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  1. activated
  2. sparked
  3. set off
  4. drove
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  • Baltimore County’s freezing weather shelters — the Eastern Family Resource Center at 9150 Franklin Square Drive in Rosedale and the Community Health Center at 1811 Woodlawn Drive in Woodlawn — have also been activated for the season.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Winter shelters have been activated for at least part of this week in Baltimore City and County.
    Dan Belson, Baltimore Sun, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of activated
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  • Fink and Mellon’s efficiency-minded approach, abandoning unprofitable track and cutting the number of workers required to operate trains, sparked major labor strikes but also helped modernize the industry.
    Zach Everson, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The photo, which has gained widespread attention, has sparked a mix of reactions online.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of sparked
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  • That set off a scramble among House Republicans to find a new path forward, but members of their own party voted against a new bill Thursday, along with most Democrats.
    Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 23 Dec. 2024
  • This fact, more than anything else about the study, set off my BS detector.
    Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of set off
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  • Mayfield drove the Bucs from their own 29-yard line to the Cowboys 11 with just under a minute left, and Tampa Bay called a timeout.
    Rick Stroud, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And my hunger drove me to take a bite of choripán here and a sándwich de miga there.
    Lola Méndez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of drove
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