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trigger

trigger

100 3.4
An event or action that makes other things happen
  • noun
  • /ˈtrɪɡər/
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  • The power is recognizing that that's a trigger and it's not a tunnel.
  • asthma triggers
  • possible trigger
  • stress triggers

How do you tell people to handle their triggers if you see an image?

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Examples

  • Anything that will take your mind off the triggers that are causing you stress.

  • And they learn what triggers you and they learn what matters to you.

  • So that just means it requires the right trigger for it to come out.

  • I wanted to see if it was still a trigger for you.

  • Answer In principle, these violations are a trigger for an international response.

  • All of these are triggers if I know what I want.

  • The square on the left-hand side represented the beginning point or possible trigger for the problems.

    Academic text (2012)
  • So, your mind is trying to protect you, make you safe by creating certain emotional triggers.

  • And so investigate your triggers, investigate what that is.

  • The loud noise acted as a trigger that caused the dog to bark frantically.

Synonyms

initiation
vstrigger
15 4.7

The act of beginning something such as a project

is a single event that sets off a process
induction
vstrigger
8 5.7

A step that makes something start, often at the beginning

is a single event rather than an ongoing starting process
inducement
vstrigger
1 6.8

An action that makes something happen

is more a momentary event that sets off a series rather than a deliberate cause

Idioms

4 6.3

Being ready to act quickly when a chance or danger appears

Compounds

trigger-happy
  • Offensive
16 8.2

Quick to use force without thinking

hair trigger
  • Specialized
5 7.8

A small gun part that makes it fire with a very light touch

1 8.4

A strong urge to act quickly without thinking

A small part on a gun that you pull to make it shoot

plutonium trigger
  • Specialized
9.9

A small metal device that holds plutonium and starts a nuclear explosion when explosives squeeze it

How Forceful

cause
1.8
catalyst
55 5.0
to spark
154 3.4
trigger
100 3.4
event
1.0

Surface Forms

trigger singular
triggers plural

Etymology

Trigger later came to mean any event that 'pulls' a chain of actions, again from an old word like trekken 'to pull'. So a trigger is an event or action that sets a process in motion.