trig
Example Sentences
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In Washington DC, a bomb threat was made to the Democratic National Committee headquarters, trigging a police search of the building where a pipe bomb was discovered on 6 January 2021.
From BBC
I also had wide and mid-range angled cameras, both mounted on a tripod to be trigged by remotes.
From Seattle Times
Ongoing mass demonstrations across Germany were trigged by the meeting becoming public knowledge last month.
From BBC
The massive floods were trigged by a cloudburst over a mountain lake this week.
From BBC
The collapse in cryptocurrency prices last year forced a procession of major firms into bankruptcy, trigging a government crackdown and erasing the savings of millions of inexperienced investors.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.