Escape
Set off
Set off verb - To cause to function.
Both terms in one sentence
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Moments later the Volkov explodes after Steve and Foster escape in the rocketsled and set off Ritchie's boobytrap.
Source: Film / Virus -
Big Bad: Simon Phoenix, the ruthless criminal whose escape from the cryoprison and subsequent criminal activities set off the plot.
Source: Film / Demolition Man - When it gets trapped inside a zorb with him, his attempts to escape it set off a string of Disaster Dominoes.
Source: Fly Crazy
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