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trigger
Noun
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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.
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A trigger is a little thing that makes something bigger happen.
Bad smells are one of the triggers for my headaches.
trigger
Verb
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A little thing triggers a big thing to happen when it causes it.
Those angry words triggered the beginning of the war.
shore
Noun
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The shore is the land found close to the waters' edge.
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The shore is another word for land.
The sailors decided to eat on the shore.
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A shore is a kind of support that helps to hold the weight of the floor above it.
shore
Verb
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If you shore someone or something, that means that you give support to them.
The workers were shoring up the dock after it almost fell into the water.