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vb. (present participle of set off English)
Usage examples of "setting off".
Instead, answer this one: 'ow did you succeed where your friends failed, and enter this chamber without setting off the alarm?
The sparks ran along the surface setting off more small explosions.
A 1966 election extended military control over the country, setting off another wave of terror.
On Monday, punctually at two o'clock, she was at the hotel dressed in her best, her lovely countenance setting off the humble style of even her holiday garb.
He is unable to tell us, said one of the women, setting off the cachinnation once more.
She was remarkably handsome that evening, the mourning costume that she wore in recognition of the day setting off to great advantage the purity of her complexion.
If it was not with a view to this love, I question whether any of those trades which deal in setting off and adorning the human person would procure a livelihood.
Per capita health care was more than halved from 1973 to 1985, setting off explosive growth in poverty-related diseases such as typhoid and viral hepatitis.
The upper limit is set by the sheer difficulty of getting really large numbers of people aboard the ship without setting off security alarms.
The orange glow of the cigarette hits the ground, setting off sparks.
Just a faint trace in the air of something burned, almost the sulphurous smell left by setting off fireworks.
They drew a moon down into the planet, setting off a hideous cataclysm.
Your traders will be able to dock at DS-Nine knowing there won't be a fanatic setting off a bomb in the airlock.