go off

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as in to explode
to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure specialists were able to deactivate the bomb before it went off

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Recent Examples of go off Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror looks back on the events of April 19, 1995, when a bomb went off at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025 Having done just that, a down-and-out husband and his pregnant wife quickly realize that his folks don’t want them around, triggering a raucous power struggle that goes off the rails. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2025 The unidentified man was driving a Chevrolet HHR Saturday on Highway 88 near Snowshoe Springs Road west of Alpine Village when the car went off the roadway, struck a tree and flipped onto its side. Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Most of my graduating class went off to be management consultants and investment bankers. Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go off
Recent Examples of Synonyms for go off
Verb
  • World & Nation Measles cases exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • The tenders are an extension of the chain’s crispy chicken sandwich, its last permanent menu item, which McDonald’s began selling in 2021 after a Popeyes version exploded in popularity.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2025
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  • Viewers were able to see a visible change in the dog's demeanor as the video progressed.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
  • As the disease progresses, your doctor may change or add additional medications to control symptoms.
    Jessica Swirble, Verywell Health, 17 Apr. 2025
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  • Pereira knows that Wolves will lose players in the summer, with Cunha and Ait-Nouri two saleable assets likely to depart, while other more peripheral players will inevitably move on.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • As Americans hunt for dyed eggs, spike their blood sugar levels with Peeps, attend services, enjoy matzoh dishes and memorialize the dearly departed, others may be consuming cannabis products with a sense of ceremony.
    Jeanie Pyun, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
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  • Written by Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, the film follows an airliner threatened by a bomb that will detonate if the plane drops below 4,000 feet.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Music seizes the reins and detonates the studied historicity viewers expect from stories about 20th-century music, pausing to highlight points the reader normally catches in articles about a movie rather than scenes in it: Yes, the blues begat both DOOM and doom.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Here’s hoping these two titans of the game meet one more time in the postseason before they’re done.
    Josh Yohe, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
  • But another South Florida spot did: Itamae Ao, a Nikkei-style Peruvian-Japanese spot in Miami, earned its first Michelin star.
    Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Smith then exited his vehicle, smoking a cigarette, and was immediately tased by one of the deputies.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • More drastically, the United States could exit the World Bank entirely, as called for by Project 2025.
    Ngaire Woods, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Since Combs' last pretrial court appearance on April 18, only a handful of entries have popped up in the New York federal case.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Duolingo — Shares popped 4% following Morgan Stanley’s initiation at overweight.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025
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  • Another legal challenge to Trump's order brought by 19 Democratic state attorneys general in federal court in Massachusetts is proceeding separately, though the government has asked for that case to be moved to Washington, D.C., to be consolidated with the one before Kollar-Kotelly.
    Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 24 Apr. 2025
  • That said, proceed with a little common sense here.
    Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 23 Apr. 2025

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“Go off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go%20off. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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