Frame
Set off
Set off verb - To cause to function.
Both terms in one sentence
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The Chessmaster: MW 2's General Shepherd appears to have been outmaneuvered when his deep cover agent is used by Makarov to frame America and set off a war.
Source: Video Game / Modern Warfare -
Cade went on another one after Kennedy's assassination, in the process thwarting an attempt by the Shadow Company to assassinate Johnson as well, frame Cuba for both deaths and set off World War III.
Source: Literature / President's Vampire
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