KICKED OVER Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

kicked over

verb

past tense of kick over

as in turned over

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When that overdue balance gets turned over to a collection agency, though, the situation can suddenly feel much more serious.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
The audio, which must be converted onto something that can be turned over to the court, comes from calls made to the child abuse and neglect hotline.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of turned over

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Suspicions of state corruption in infrastructure projects two years ago set off a wave of street protests after a collapsed canopy at a train station in Serbia's north killed 16 people after a renovation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Guichard Doré, a former adviser to President Jovenel Moïse, whose assassination in 2021 set off the current gang crisis, said Haitians are reaching a breaking point.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of set off

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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
The meeting touched off a month of around-the-clock calls and video conferences.

— Cate Brown, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of touched off

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The Comparison Problem A data center’s true impact starts long before the power is turned on.

— Karishma Mandal, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Around dawn a fiber optic stand that flickered light was turned on and everyone gathered held a moment of silence in memories of Noel.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026

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Emergency response activated Savannah River Site officials said the incident triggered emergency response activities at the Department of Energy facility.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
Scammers would return the cards to the original store and use computer programs to monitor when the altered cards are activated.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of activated

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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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The Rams, the NFL’s top offense in yards per game, generated only 24 yards in 15 plays during their first five possessions and were zero for five on third down.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
In his hands, their coherence lay elsewhere, in their responsiveness to the situations that generated them.

— Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

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