Shut off and Touch off

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Shut off verb - To cause to stop functioning.

Usage example: shut off the computer to save electricity

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Touch off is an antonym for shut 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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Shut off is an antonym for touch off.

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Touch off and Shut off. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/shut_off/touch_off

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