'trigger' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'trigger' with 12 example sentences.
- trigger noun
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: lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
: a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
: an act that sets in motion some course of events
- trigger verb
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: put in motion or move to act
: release or pull the trigger on
Aim the gun at the target and then pull the trigger.
What triggers your asthma attacks?
I didn't pull the trigger.
Their small protest triggered a mass demonstration.
Environmental pollution triggered climatic changes all over Earth.
Certain smells can easily trigger childhood memories.
It could trigger a depression.
The Great Depression triggered a great surge in crime.
Investigators couldn't find who pulled the trigger.
The earthquake triggered a powerful tsunami.
Sputnik 1, launched in 1957, triggered the Space Race.
Dan triggered a brawl between Matt and Linda.