trigger - use in sentences

Object

  • seizure: Large amounts of any liquid, even water, can trigger a seizure in a person with epilepsy.
  • landslide: Although they never get as speedy and ferocious as the ones you guys have to deal with, continued rainfall tends to trigger landslides.
  • reaction: Any substance that triggers an allergic reaction is called an allergen.
  • asthma: No stone is left unturned, from ' What triggers asthma?
  • cascade: It is this aggregation of platelets which triggers the cascade of reactions leading to blood clot formation ( thrombosis ).

Converse of object

  • pull: People are now asking us: was he entitled to pull the trigger?
  • squeeze: The " jaws " of the clamp meter are opened by squeezing the trigger on the left-hand side.
  • push: Push the trigger - case will kick out your CD or DVD.

Adjective modifier

  • allergic: Most people with asthma are allergic to certain things in the environment these are known as allergic triggers.

Modifies a noun

  • pulse: Vg1 returns rapidly to its original level and remains there until the next trigger pulse arrives.
  • finger: A lot of quick thinking is needed and quick trigger fingers too.
  • mechanism: Such a fast healing process, probably on the order of tens of seconds, leads to a repeatable trigger mechanism.
  • threshold: This circuit has a level control and peak display indicator, a variable trigger threshold and trigger indication.
  • guard: With fingers on the trigger guard just in case we made an error, sweat pouring down our backs as we lay in terror.

Noun used with modifier

  • chemoreceptor: It also acts on a part of your brain called the chemoreceptor trigger zone.
  • asthma: Cigarette smoke is the second most common asthma trigger in the workplace.
  • R: Resident Evil 4 also allows you to freely aim your gun from a beautiful over-the-shoulder view when holding the R trigger.

Used with why or when

  • when: She said in her view the expenses were triggered when the General Election was declared.

Preposition: of

  • asthma: Unfortunately, one of the most common triggers of asthma, is allergy to house dust mites.

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