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Setting Off Crossword Clue

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noun

• lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

• a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen

• an act that sets in motion some course of events

verb

• put in motion or move to act

• release or pull the trigger on

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adjective satellite

• that is going out or leaving

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noun

• the act of departing

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