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Meaning trigger meaning

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trigger Noun

— A trigger is the part of a gun that you push with one finger when you want to make the gun shoot. I didn't want to make him angry, because he had his finger on the trigger. — A trigger is a little thing that makes something bigger happen. Bad smells are one of the triggers for my headaches.

trigger Verb

— A little thing triggers a big thing to happen when it causes it. Those angry words triggered the beginning of the war.

trigger

— noun (= gun trigger) lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun — verb (= actuate) put in motion or move to act trigger a reaction actuate the circuits — verb release or pull the trigger on Trigger a gun — noun an act that sets in motion some course of events — noun a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen

Synonyms trigger synonyms

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trigger English » English

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Topics trigger topics

What do people use trigger to talk about?
Social behavior Conflict War

Weapon, shoot

Conjugation trigger conjugation

How do you conjugate trigger?

trigger · verb

Examples trigger examples

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Simple sentences

The man put the gun against his forehead and squeezed the trigger.
Certain smells can easily trigger childhood memories.
Tom didn't have the courage to pull the trigger.
Tom pulled the trigger.
Tom had his finger on the trigger.
Tom squeezed the trigger.
Tom took his finger off the trigger.
Tom took his finger off the trigger and lowered his gun.
Tom took his finger off the trigger and put his pistol back in its holster.
Tom squeezed the trigger, but the gun didn't fire.
Tom put the gun to his own head and pulled the trigger.
I held the gun, but I never pulled the trigger.
Pull the trigger.
Don't pull the trigger.
I didn't pull the trigger.
Don't make me pull the trigger.
A great loss of human life was reported due to trigger-happy shooting.
He put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger.
Tom put a gun to Mary's head and pulled the trigger.

Movie subtitles

The right donor came in to trigger the domino chain. It is our lucky break.
He's a little quick on the trigger, but that's because he's new.
My hand was made for the trigger, my father told me.
Look here. You touch that trip line. it'll pull that trigger free.
Just a Iittle slow on the trigger. (ALL LAUGHING) (ALL CHATTERING) AII right, Iet's proceed.
I'm one of the finest trigger men in this country.
Why do you think we're playing pool with young Trigger?
Yeah, come on, Trigger, take a shot.
Nice shot, Trigger.
Murder, as Trigger will tell you, is a very fine art.
Trigger, time you got going.
He'll be a cinch for the job that Trigger's got for him.
Get hold of Trigger. What's the matter?
I'm gonna put Trigger on that ghost.
Anyway, make sure the troops aren't trigger-happy.
What if bouncy castles are someone's trigger?
Are The Blessed planning to trigger a pandemic?
Could they possibly plan to use it as a bioweapon to trigger a pandemic?
As it's expelled into the air through coughing and sneezing, it will trigger continuing infection.
And a new trigger spring in the pistol.
I've got my finger on the trigger.
You touch that trip line. it'll pull that trigger free.
A paraffin test will show you whether he pulled the trigger.
This is all the better for a finger that's nervous, like, on the trigger.
Just get firm pressure on the trigger.
On the trigger.
IF WE COULD TRIGGER THE SAME PHENOMENON WITHOUT PUTTING YOU IN DANGER.
When she starts to feel dizzy, everything inside her goggles will fade to a bright white light -- another cue to the brain to trigger the surge.
The right donor came in to trigger the domino chain.
Look here. You touch that trip line. it'll pull that trigger free. Once that's loose, there's nothing to keep the log from coming down.
Now this was originally a Buntline special. but I had the barrel cut down about two inches and the trigger dogs smoothed down.
Just get firm pressure on the trigger. On the trigger.
A squeeze of the trigger one night in the woods, and that's settled.
Stand by your trigger!
That's just like Lana. Right on the trigger every time.
It's very simple, you just point it and pull the trigger.
You're inclined to be little quick on that trigger with old Betsy there.
All you do is work the lever and pull the trigger.

News and current affairs

For some people, energy-efficient bulbs can trigger epileptic seizures and migraines.
Spent wisely, however, these stimulus packages could trigger far-reaching and transformational trends, setting the stage for a more sustainable, urgently needed Green Economy for the twenty-first century.
It would also trigger uncontrolled regional nuclear proliferation, with Saudi Arabia and Egypt leading the way.
Many began to wonder whether Hollande was aware of the scope of the crisis that the recent downturn might trigger.
Anything can trigger this final act: a lover's rejection, a job application denied.
The Council could also declare that any fresh aggression, or any use, threat or transfer of WMD, would trigger Saddam's removal and his pursuit as an international criminal like Slobodan Milosevic.
But working conditions can also trigger or accelerate the symptoms of ill health - physical and mental - that feed back into our productivity and earning capacity, as well as into our social and family relationships.
The banks do not have monopoly pricing power in the traditional sense, and their market share - at the national level - is lower than what would trigger an antitrust investigation in the non-financial sectors.
Some claim that the Fund counsels countries in private, lest public warnings trigger the very crisis that is to be avoided.
Money, however, can trigger all sorts of other emotions - like rage, for example.
Otherwise, the global economy will remain at risk from renewed protectionist pressures and economic or political events that might trigger a disorderly resolution of the imbalances and undermine growth.
The last problem to be resolved is the trigger.
The trigger should be the domestic government itself.
That could easily trigger a return to the much-feared competitive depreciations that contributed to the Great Depression.
But higher energy prices, by themselves, will not cause the ECB to pull the interest-rate trigger.
And the world's only military superpower is often seen within China as trigger-happy when intervening in other countries' internal affairs.
In the case of a pilot flying drones over Yemen by operating a joystick in Nevada, the threshold to pulling the trigger is dangerously low.
China's leaders apparently worry that Western-style investigative journalism inside China could trigger just such a crisis.
The complexities of the threats to Israel are such that a possible confrontation with Hamas in Gaza might trigger a flare-up with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
But there are promising signs that, over time, the advanced countries' difficulties will trigger a healthy, if belated, shift in Asia's development strategy, with China leading the way.
But these are not often the questions that trigger the most passionate interest.
In simple language: forget about any punishment or automatic trigger mechanisms that might affect a country's sovereignty.
In addition, the formation of a China-Japan-South Korea FTA would most likely trigger a chain-reaction.

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