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Definition of Trigger
Trigger

A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.

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Trigger Quotations

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

I might as well have pulled the trigger myself.
Joan Bennett

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.
David Letterman

It's the emotional trigger points that are important to me because I know if I could believe in the characters and try and imagine how they felt then I'd be able to do something quite honest..
Graeme Murphy

Trigger Translations

trigger in Dutch is haan van een vuurwapen
trigger in Portuguese is disparador
trigger in Spanish is gatillo, deduccion, disparador


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