GAVE OFF Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

gave off

verb

past tense of give off

as in emitted

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Greece’s firefighting department said Sunday the fire apparently began from sparks emitted by a faulty power line transporting electricity from a private wind generator facility to the main electricity network.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
The mouth fiddle belongs to a family of instruments that are orally modulated, lending qualities of the human voice to the sound waves emitted by a vibrating string.

— Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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Individuals with a portable air conditioner that has a single hose, which is typically vented out of a window, should use it sparingly.

— Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 17 July 2026
But if ‘Oumuamua were a traditional comet, its anomalous acceleration should’ve been accompanied by a rocketlike jet of gas and dust vented from ices warmed by the close encounter with our star.

— Darryl Z. Seligman, Scientific American, 10 July 2026

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Present subtext dripped from his words of the past, as the city of Denver hopes Payton has found a next great one, two decades later.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 30 July 2026
After pounding his drive down the final fairway, Fox hit his approach to just inside 12 feet and then dripped his birdie putt into the edge of the cup to win the 154th Open Championship at Royal Birkdale.

— Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026

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Two of the men were subsequently discharged, while the other two men were still in hospital though their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing, according to a later update from authorities.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
As the train caught fire, a northbound train arrived at the station and discharged its passengers.

— Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

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