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go off has 11 distinct synonyms spread across 4 of its 6 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is go on.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
be discharged or activated
“the explosive devices went off”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for go off come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.