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triggering

verb as in cause to happen

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Sky-high valuations in the private market are encouraging more companies like Airbnb and DoorDash to pull the trigger and go public.

From Fortune

Spear guns have a trigger and either a track or a barrel to guide the shaft along the length of the gun.

One of the most common misophonia triggers is the sound of chewing.

The trigger, he claimed, was that Spears had been seen driving with her boyfriend to pick up some fast food, even though her conservatorship forbids driving.

From Vox

In Miles Morales, the triggers act as a very sensitive rumble, but also give you tactile feedback when you’re swinging, telling you when you’ve made contact and so on.

The ex-chef, accused by Maureen McDonnell of “embezzling” food from the mansion, went to the FBI, triggering its investigation.

But here, Joffrey's death instantly produced the opposite effect, reactivating old antagonisms and triggering new ones.

The ensuing hysteria persuaded some parents not to inoculate their kids for fear of triggering autism.

The head movements are capable of triggering a diverse range of “inputs” into a device.

Williams acknowledges that aspects of the series might seem triggering at first, like using the word dirty in the title.

Then he just kept triggering until the gun was emptied and he had put five slugs fatally into Big Sid's carcass.

Regulation of breeding schedules in birds always involves some exogenous, environmental timing or triggering mechanism.

A couple of minutes before triggering time, I reached over and punched the channel button on operations frequency.

You can see individual neurons triggering right on your monitor.

The expectation of education or therapeutics gave way to triggering excitement, more obliquely sexual excitement.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to triggering, such as: prompt, bring about, start, produce, spark, and provoke.

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

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