Allow
Setting off
Allow is an antonym for setting off in topics: distinguish, make a distinction, tell the difference.
Both terms in one sentence
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It involves setting off several hundred hydrogen bombs, which would create a strait and a new line of defense, and allow the US to shore up a new defense line.
Source: Godzilla Threshold -
Extra weight in pail pulls cord (I), which opens and lights automatic cigar lighter (J), setting off sky-rocket (K) which causes sickle (L) to cut string (M) and allow pendulum with attached napkin to swing back and forth thereby wiping off your chin.
Source: Rube Goldberg Device
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