trigger
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/tɚˈÉĒɥɐ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "trigger"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ, āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž

a lever or mechanism that initiates the firing of a gun or firearm
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Always keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.
āĻļ⧁āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āύāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϰāĻžāϖ⧁āύāĨ¤
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āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻ•

an act that prompts a chain of events
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sudden power outage was the trigger for system failures.
āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ°ā§āĻĨāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰāĨ¤
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āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ, āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻž

a device or mechanism that activates or releases a process, system, or action
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The software update was set off by a trigger.
āϏāĻĢāϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āφāĻĒāĻĄā§‡āϟ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to initiate or cause movement in a device
Transitive: to trigger sth
Ditransitive: to trigger sth to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Pulling the lever will trigger the release of the emergency brake on the train.
āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϰ āϟāĻžāύāϞ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ⧇āϰ āχāĻŽāĻžāϰāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āϏāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϰ⧇āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to release or activate a mechanism, often associated with firearms
Transitive: to trigger a mechanism
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Before firing the cannon, the artillery officer had to trigger the ignition system to launch the projectile.
āĻ•āĻžāĻŽāĻžāύ āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇, āφāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻœā§‡āĻ•ā§āϟāĻžāχāϞ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āχāĻ—āύāĻŋāĻļāύ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cause something to happen
Transitive: to trigger sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unexpected news about the merger triggered a surge in stock prices.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻ• āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ.
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āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause a strong and unwanted reaction in someone
Transitive: to trigger a reaction or emotion
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Loud noises can trigger a fear response in individuals with post-traumatic stress disorder.
āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻĒā§‹āĻ¸ā§āϟ-āĻŸā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻĄāĻŋāϏāĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŸā§āϰāĻŋāĻ—āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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