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trigger

Definition for trigger

verb as in cause to happen

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The annual monsoon season, typically between June and September, often brings heavy rains, triggering landslides, flash floods and waterborne diseases.

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Part of it was that I realized that Maddie’s story is triggered by a relatively minor character in her life.

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In future, such cases would be recorded separately and trigger an automatic life sentence, meant as a deterrent.

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DOGE’s work triggered at least 20 significant court cases that are trying to thread the needles of authority.

The team used a specialist retrieval system to access the airbag control module – where a snapshot of electronic data, triggered by the crash, revealed speeds, accelerator position, steering wheel angle and brake pedal application.

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

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