Open fire
Open fire verb - Start firing a weapon.
Set off
Set off verb - To cause to function.
Both terms in one sentence
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He has the bank president set off the silent alarm to call the police to the bank, and since Henderson can't allow that evidence to reach CTU (which it undoubtedly would if Bauer was arrested), his men open fire on the policemen, allowing Jack to escape in the confusion.
Source: Let's You and Him Fight
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Set off and Open fire. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/open_fire/set_off
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