triggered
Example Sentences
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In Santa Barbara County, workers reopened all lanes of the 101 Freeway on Sunday afternoon after heavy precipitation triggered a series of mudslides, sending dirt and water onto the freeway.
From Los Angeles Times
Cold weather payments have been triggered for hundreds of thousands of people across in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
From BBC
The key discovery involved carefully arranging parts of the plastic's chemical structure so they sit in just the right positions to begin breaking apart when triggered.
From Science Daily
The rising external risks come as the government in Tehran is struggling to come up with a response to protests that were triggered a week ago by frustration with the country’s collapsing currency.
This triggered an immediate outcry in the Texas territory, which was largely populated by slave-owning immigrants from the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
