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set apart
Used other than as an idiom: to separate or isolate.
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  1. Used other than as an idiom: to separate or isolate.
  2. To select (something or someone) for a specific purpose.
  3. To distinguish, make obvious the distinction between (two things) or of (something).
detonate
To explode violently and noisily
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  1. To explode violently and noisily
  2. To cause (a bomb, dynamite, etc.) to explode
start-out
To begin one's life, or occupation.
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  1. To begin one's life, or occupation.
set forth
(Intransitive) To begin a journey or expedition.
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  1. (Intransitive) To begin a journey or expedition.
  2. To present for consideration; to propose.
  3. To state; describe; give an account of.
set out
To start an activity with the intention of finishing it.
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  1. To start an activity with the intention of finishing it.
  2. To go out, leave.
  3. To explain something, or give exact details, usually in writing.
Find another word for set-off. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for set-off, like: set apart, be different, appear different, be the opposite, touch off, set the spark to, detonate, start-out, set forth, set out and get under way.

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  • They are only used for floor rugs, and the males are more highly esteemed on account of the set-off of the mane.

  • The new premier succeeded in persuading the Riksdag to pass a bill increasing the period of service with the colours in the army to six years and that in the militia to forty-two days, and as a set-off a remission of 3 o% on the land taxes.

  • Most depart from Kailua-Kona, though a few set-off from the Kohala Coast, close to the string of resorts that occupy the bay front.

  • It was a trifling set-off that in 1567 the pope again enjoined the fathers to keep choir and to admit only the professed to priests' orders, especially as Gregory XIII.

  • At the same time the duke of Lorraine defeated Marshal Crequi (August 11th) at Conzer Briicke on the Moselle, and recaptured Trier (September 6th), which, as a set-off against Bonn, Turenne had taken in the autumn of 1673.

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