KICKED OVER Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

kicked over

verb

past tense of kick over

as in turned over

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Much of that team was turned over the following offseason after the Lakers acquired Anthony Davis.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2026
The second incident was reported to law enforcement, and the church turned over its records on the first case, but the local prosecutor did not pursue criminal charges.

— John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of turned over

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The verdict came just three days after regulators seized Ueno Bank, cutting nearly 3 million customers off from their savings and bank cards and setting off a political crisis.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
For Republicans, the defeat set off something close to an existential crisis, and debate over how to regroup.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of set off

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The change touched off an explosion of betting across America.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks were our two biggest winners last week — both up more than 11% as news of the security flaws in the PHP programming language touched off a global security scramble.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of touched off

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By Thursday afternoon, Peña had offered to resign as his conservative Colorado party turned on him, led by former President Horacio Cartes, the party chief and Peña's longtime mentor.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
The Comparison Problem A data center’s true impact starts long before the power is turned on.

— Karishma Mandal, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of turned on

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The kitchen fire triggered water damage from the restaurant’s sprinkler system that left the place in need of top-to-bottom renovations that went on much longer than expected.

— Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2026
However, surging profits have not triggered a wave of new refinery construction.

— , CNBC, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of triggered

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Yamazaki’s Godzilla was entirely computer-generated, and his meticulous approach gave the character new speed and danger.

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
It will be powered by a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) reactor, which relies on heat generated by a decaying nuclear isotope, and so does not rely on solar power for energy.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026

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