Fail and Setting off

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Fail verb - To stop functioning.

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Setting off is an antonym for fail.

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

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Fail is an antonym for setting off in topics: effect, override, atone for, discharge a projectile.

The Chem Club students want to get their hands on Akane and decide to make bombs, which they of course accidentally set off in the chemistry lab (and wind up setting off accidentally during the battle when the mines fail to go off during Ranma/Ryoga's fight).

Source: Education Through Pyrotechnics

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