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  • 11set off — verb 1. put in motion or move to act (Freq. 4) trigger a reaction actuate the circuits • Syn: ↑trip, ↑actuate, ↑trigger, ↑activate, ↑spark off, ↑ …

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  • 12touch off — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cause to explode] Syn. detonate, light the fuse, light, set off; see explode 1 . 2. [To cause to start] Syn. start, initiate, release; see begin 1 , cause 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To release or cause to… …

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  • 13blow — I [[t]bloʊ[/t]] n. 1) a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon 2) a sudden shock, calamity, reversal, etc 3) a sudden attack or drastic action • come to blows Etymology: 1425–75; late ME blaw, N form repr. later blowe II blow… …

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  • 14blow — blow1 /bloh/, n. 1. a sudden, hard stroke with a hand, fist, or weapon: a blow to the head. 2. a sudden shock, calamity, reversal, etc.: His wife s death was a terrible blow to him. 3. a sudden attack or drastic action: The invaders struck a blow …

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  • 15blow up — verb 1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy (Freq. 4) We exploded the nuclear bomb • Syn: ↑explode, ↑detonate, ↑set off • Derivationally related forms: ↑blowup, ↑detonative …

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  • 16blow — I. /bloʊ / (say bloh) noun 1. a sudden stroke with hand, fist, or weapon. 2. a sudden shock, or a calamity or reverse. 3. a sudden attack or drastic action. 4. a stroke of the shears made in shearing a sheep. 5. an outcrop of discoloured quartz… …

  • 17set — [c]/sɛt / (say set) verb (set, setting) –verb (t) 1. to put in a particular place or position: to set a vase on a table. 2. to put into some condition or relation: to set a house on fire. 3. to apply: to set fire to a house. 4. to cause to begin …

  • 18ex|plode — «ehk SPLOHD», verb, plod|ed, plod|ing. –v.i. 1. a) to blow up; burst with a loud noise: »The building was destroyed when the defective boiler exploded. b) to burst or expand violently because of the pressure produced by the sudden generation of… …

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  • 19Pipil grammar — This article provides a grammar sketch of the Nawat or Pipil language, an endangered language spoken by the Pipils of western El Salvador, belonging to the Nahua group within the Uto Aztecan language family. There also exists a brief typological… …

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  • 20Gramática pipil — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Con Gramática pipil se refiere al conjunto de reglas y princios que regulan el uso del idioma pipil. Este artículo muestra un esquema gramatical del idioma náhuat o pipil, una lengua perteneciente a la familia… …

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