Cut off and Touch off

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Cut off verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Touch off is an antonym for cut off.

Touch off verb - To cause to function.

Usage example: his obscene comment touched off a heated debate about the need for censorship on live broadcasts

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Cut off is an antonym for touch off.

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Touch off and Cut off. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut_off/touch_off

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