Usually means: Initiate or trigger an event.
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  1. spark off: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. spark off: Dictionary.com
  5. spark off: Rhymezone
  6. spark off: FreeDictionary.org
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Definitions from Wiktionary (spark off)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To initiate something by providing the necessary conditions.

Similar:
set off, touch off, spark, trigger, activate, trip, actuate, trigger off, spark up, prompt, more...

Opposite:
dampen, quell, smother, extinguish, subdue

Adjectives:
fire, explosive, exploding, bomb, explosible, gas, overfire, endblown, blow, blasted, undercut

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Similar:
set off, touch off, spark, trigger, activate, trip, actuate, trigger off, spark up, prompt, more...

Opposite:
dampen, quell, smother, extinguish, subdue

Adjectives:
fire, explosive, exploding, bomb, explosible, gas, overfire, endblown, blow, blasted, undercut



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