I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cause/bring on/trigger a reaction (= make someone ill )
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Wheat is one of the foods that are most likely to cause a reaction.
hair trigger
provoke/spark/trigger debate (= cause a debate to start )
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The episode provoked fierce debate about freedom of speech.
set off/trigger an explosion (= cause an explosion )
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Investigators believe a fuel leak may have triggered the explosion.
set off/trigger/activate the alarm (= make it start ringing )
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A window blew open, setting off the alarm.
trigger man
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Even if the trigger men are caught, those who ordered the killing escape punishment.
trigger/spark a boom (= start it )
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The lower interest rates triggered an economic boom.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
hair
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Getting rid of weapons reduces the risk of accidental, unauthorised, hair trigger or pre-emptive use.
man
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He's not just a trigger man .
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Inspector Napoleon Hendrix said last year that Temple was believed to be a trigger man for drug dealers.
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The way he wrote it, I guessed he was as sure as anyone that I had been the trigger man .
mechanism
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He said this type kills with a trigger mechanism .
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The magazine ended and there was only a faint click from the trigger mechanism .
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The answer was found during detailed studies of the trigger mechanism which activates the anemone's nematocysts or stinging cells.
point
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This scanner looks for trigger points .
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A short-term goal provides a trigger point for such intermediate reinforcement.
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Where education reduces fertility, which is nearly everywhere, the trigger point varies according to cultural influences.
■ VERB
pull
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Without adequate built-in safeguards, there will be other Susan Allens who will pull the trigger before they cry for help.
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I thought about pulling the trigger , and the gun exploded, slapping back against my hand.
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He had tried several times at a local shooting range but he couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger .
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He checked that the breech was empty of bullets, then pumped the rifle up and pulled the trigger .
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He pulled the trigger - and to his horror shot Christopher in the head.
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She put the barrel of a pistol in her mouth and pulled the trigger .
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He pulled the trigger , believing that the safety catch was on.
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Interim athletic director Paul Bubb was right to pull the trigger and fire Cassidy on Wednesday.
squeeze
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I cocked the old gun and squeezed the trigger , and it just went forward too slowly to fire a round.
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Then, swallowing once, he shut his eyes and squeezed the trigger .
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He snapped off a shot, hardly even bothering to point the gun before he squeezed the trigger .
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Breathing becomes slower, then more shallow and finally the shooter holds about half a breath and squeezes the trigger .
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He squeezed the trigger and the echo of the shot blasted all around the stairwell.
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Leese rolled the throttle open to the indent starting position and squeezed the trigger switch on his collective.
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He held the piece up and sighted it, squeezing the trigger , allowing the hammer to fall on an empty chamber.
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I squeeze the trigger , recoil, smell the metallic smoke, hear the shotgun crack.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He snapped off a shot, hardly even bothering to point the gun before he squeezed the trigger .
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I pause because telling the dream out loud has tripped the trigger .
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Research has shown that lack of sleep and other triggers such as stress cause a deficiency of the brain chemical dopamine.
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The trigger , which gives the fish its name, is the leading ray of its dorsal fin which has become bony.
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This time when the firing stopped, he stuck the shotgun round the door with his right hand and pulled the trigger .
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Where education reduces fertility, which is nearly everywhere, the trigger point varies according to cultural influences.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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Menopause symptoms are similar to those of food intolerance and may in fact be triggered off by hormone changes.
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For Francesca, who's almost 3, suffers from a brain disorder which triggers off convulsive fits.
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Begin by jotting down what you think they are, plus any thoughts this triggers off .
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Any inability to carry the weight on the hind-legs will trigger off resistance in the mouth.
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Deliberately he walked into the minefield, triggering off every mine and thus absorbing in his own body the entire explosion.
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Verbal echoes and ambiguities may trigger off metaphorical associations that are not necessarily conceptually justified.
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They will be less likely to trigger off more spots.
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If perception has to be triggered off by what is actually there, then it is constrained to be true.
■ NOUN
action
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The process Examine.Request was considered to be the transaction centre as it triggers many courses of actions in the system.
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The result is that a larger stimulus is required to trigger an action potential.
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Some of the disturbances were triggered by the provocative actions of local Whigs and Dissenters.
alarm
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It will produce the hard data needed to analyse resource utilisation and will trigger an alarm mechanism allowing managers to control access.
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When triggered , the alarm seems to call in squads of immune cells that surround tuberculosis bacteria and keep them from spreading.
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Within one minute of being triggered , the alarm summons about 50 staff to the problem spot.
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Control were trying to get hold of him, to verify that he had accidentally triggered his window alarm .
attack
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Certain foods can trigger an attack .
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Still, the smell of smoke inevitably triggers an asthma attack .
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They should also be avoided if you suffer from asthma; concentrated steam may trigger an attack .
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For example, many teen-agers with asthma find that exercise triggers an attack .
change
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Menopause symptoms are similar to those of food intolerance and may in fact be triggered off by hormone changes .
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This triggers chemical changes in your body, which reacts as if threatened by a foreign substance.
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Stage 4 is the familiar multiplier, only this time triggered off by a change in imports and exports.
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But he has had personal success at triggering such changes .
debate
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Zamfara already adopted sharia in October, triggering a debate on federalism and civil liberties.
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The first state to publicly debate the issue of competition in public education, Minnesota triggered the national debate about choice.
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Even the slightest interface aspect could trigger a heated debate , with adherents of opposing solutions arguing with near-Jesuitical intensity.
event
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The events that triggered our dieter into breaking the diet were: 1.
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This is a condition affecting the events which trigger the operation and will enable the triggering of that operation.
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There is no evidence that stress causes addiction as such although a stressful life event may trigger latent addictive disease.
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So, the stereotyped growth cycle provides a clock, or calendar, by means of which embryological events may be triggered .
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Operations on attributes will be necessary following the event: an event triggers an operation or a series of operations.
memory
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But the textbook gods never triggered any four-volume memory in my head.
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The smell triggers your memory first.
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The triggering at birth of memories about difficult past birth experiences sometimes results in anger or sadness.
problem
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A vicious circle has triggered her problems .
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Graduating payments and particularly the high score needed to trigger any payment are problems .
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Therapeutic counselling for long-term problems - these may be triggered by the fertility problem and sometimes need outside referral to marital therapy.
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Often, this realisation is quite sudden, being triggered by a particular problem or crisis.
reaction
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Perceptions contain no element of approval or disapproval though they may trigger a reaction in terms of approval.
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That released the firing pin, which in turn fired the percussion cap and triggered a chemical reaction that generated oxygen.
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Explain that you have an allergy to certain foods and that these will trigger a reaction .
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Conditions like these would likely trigger a rapid reaction .
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Once it has been killed, the kitten may trigger off a new reaction .
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Scientists have strong evidence that Type I diabetes is a metabolic disorder triggered by an autoimmune reaction .
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Disagreeing on seven out of ten occasions triggers a defensive reaction or even further disagreements.
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They reach a point where even the smallest stimulus will trigger off a massive reaction .
release
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Just how the sperm triggers the explosive release of calcium in the egg is still something of a mystery.
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This may be caused when capsaicin triggers the release of endorphins, the body's natural painkillers.
response
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Could she have triggered some unwanted response in this mysterious man, entirely by accident?
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The book, Golf in the Kingdom, triggered responses I had not expected.
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Just a few molecules were enough to trigger a severe response .
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It will be made of a string of cocaine molecules that triggers an immune antibody response .
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Just seeing me there would trigger thief responses of some one like Gharr.
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It triggers a response intended to freeze the organization at the present point in its development.
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There are so many ways in which our intolerance will trigger an angry response either in ourselves or others.
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The Powell speech and the dockers' march triggered a response .
war
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It would only take a computer error or a mutiny by some of those manning the weapons to trigger a global war .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The incident could trigger a civil war.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Doling out parts of the database to various companies could have triggered chaos on the Internet, Fernandes said.
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He gazed at an ineffable, agonizing radiance which only he could perceive, banishing whatever throwback emotions the brew had triggered.
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He would trigger the necessary invitation on his return to Moscow.
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It is with these shares that one is concerned to ensure that the Schedule E charge can not be triggered.
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Many of these same bacterial culprits are involved in triggering bad breath.
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Perhaps difficulty in obtaining natron through the traditionally established routes triggered the use of halophytic plants instead.
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The policy shift was triggered by a sharp increase in violent crimes committed by young offenders during the late 1980s.