triggering

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English

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Verb

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triggering

  1. present participle and gerund of trigger

Noun

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triggering (plural triggerings)

  1. The initiation of an event or process.

Adjective

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triggering (not comparable)

  1. That triggers or initiates.
    • 2020 October 13, Beatrice Loayza, “Jack London gets an Italian makeover in the tragic and romantic Martin Eden”, in AV Club:
      With assembly line consistency, Martin receives countless rejections from faceless editors—a triggering reminder for any literary hopeful navigating the modern culture industry.
    • 2021 March 7, Tiffany Hsu, “Spit Swapping, Hard Pants and Hope: New Ads Envision Post-Pandemic Life”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Not so very long ago, the notion of saliva was considered so triggering that the chicken chain KFC dropped its “finger-lickin’ good” catchphrase, calling it “the most inappropriate slogan for 2020.”

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