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triggered
[trig-erd]
adjective
started, set in motion, or released by a specified thing or in a specified way.
I saw an article online about obesity-triggered heart disease.
When any of the cameras detects a motion, the LCD screen displays live video from the triggered camera.
fired or exploded by pulling a trigger or releasing a triggering device.
One of the triggered missiles blew up in the second level of the building, injuring three people.
having an intense negative emotional reaction to something, usually something connected with past trauma or a bad experience.
When a stressful social encounter makes me feel triggered and panicky, I try to distance myself from the situation.
Consider using a triggered state, such as anger or anxiety, as a signal to yourself to pause and relax.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of trigger.
Other 51Թ Forms
- untriggered adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of triggered1
Example Sentences
“Her brave actions and quick thinking triggered the notice to public safety officials that a politically-motivated act was potentially underway,” they wrote.
The proposal to write a new constitution may have been triggered by an attempted coup by senior military officers in 2013.
The semitruck’s departure from the event center around 8:25 p.m. triggered a series of phone calls among some of the defendants, the indictment said.
Family members were in court and heard how Brown's behaviour on the day was triggered by drug use.
On the face of it, he is perhaps more a middle-class loner, and his apparent normality suggests a crime triggered by internalised mental processes, rather than by peer-driven association or emulation.
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