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trigger

Definition for trigger

verb as in cause to happen

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“I owned no foreign currencies for decades, and then starting about 18 months ago, I had to pull the trigger,” he said.

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She also said that the internal report, which triggered the moderator's resignation, should be published - even if it is partially redacted.

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In May, India launched strikes inside Pakistan, triggering four days of intense cross-border conflict that killed at least 70 people.

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Scientists are still investigating the exact steps that trigger the explosions of massive stars, which are defined as stars more than eight times the mass of the Sun.

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If the budget is voted down, it would trigger early elections.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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