Synonym: begin, fire, kindle, start, touch off. Similar words: bigger, refrigerator, intrigued, suggest, suggestion, right, origin, frigid. Meaning: ['trɪgə(r)] n. 1. lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun 2. a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen 3. an act that sets in motion some course of events. v. 1. put in motion or move to act 2. release or pull the trigger on.
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121. His proposal effectively would trigger the untested constitutional process for handing over power to Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.
122. The answer was found during detailed studies of the trigger mechanism which activates the anemone's nematocysts or stinging cells.
123. Their case helped to trigger off a savings and loan crisis in Maryland in 1985.
124. Leese rolled the throttle open to the indent starting position and squeezed the trigger switch on his collective.
125. He would trigger the necessary invitation on his return to Moscow.
126. Where education reduces fertility, which is nearly everywhere, the trigger point varies according to cultural influences.
127. Does it only occur at work or social events or do certain people trigger it?
128. The result is that a larger stimulus is required to trigger an action potential.
129. Vary your daily routes to work etc, so you don't pass bakers or sweet shops which trigger your cravings.
130. It came clear from the bag, her finger slipping on to the trigger, thumb freeing the safety catch.
131. Kate saw two young, surprised black eyes under heavy eyebrows as she gently squeezed the trigger.
132. He was sure if he could just get the craft to join, the 12 main latches would trigger.
133. At the end of the day, of course, it is fanaticism, not literature, that pulls the trigger.
134. The only controls are a variable speed dial mounted on the top of the trigger,[sentencedict.com] and a small lock-on button.
135. There are so many ways in which our intolerance will trigger an angry response either in ourselves or others.
136. The trigger, which gives the fish its name, is the leading ray of its dorsal fin which has become bony.
137. He suggests that the trigger may cause an imbalance and that the immune system may play a role.
138. It may be only a matter of time before goals trigger outbreaks of mass aerobics and the odd square dance.
139. Doctors at the National Epilepsy centre at the Park hospital in Oxford carry out research into what can trigger epileptic fits.
140. The authors of the study conclude that the flushing response probably deters individuals from drinking-or from drinking enough to trigger alcoholism.
141. Once it has been killed,[sentence dictionary] the kitten may trigger off a new reaction.
142. I pause because telling the dream out loud has tripped the trigger.
143. The way he wrote it, I guessed he was as sure as anyone that I had been the trigger man.
144. I had provided the direction in my lecture, and Our discussion was the trigger.
145. But never mind, though their blue-veined old hands might be trembling their fingers could still pull a trigger.
146. There is a fourth trigger. Like the scorched fingernails, it emanates from fire.
147. Perhaps in people with a genetic predisposition, the trigger sends the immune system into permanent overdrive and disarray.
148. Simply walking down the street can trigger off ideas about society.
149. It is sensitive to slight movements of the camera, subject or reference strip and will sometimes trigger spurious diagnostics.
150. A presidential declaration would trigger federal aid dollars for flood victims.
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