"triggering" in the verb sense
1. trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
put in motion or move to act
"trigger a reaction"
"actuate the circuits"
2. trigger
release or pull the trigger on
"Trigger a gun"
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