triggering

The ex-chef, accused by Maureen McDonnell of “embezzling” food from the mansion, went to the FBI, triggering its investigation.

But here, Joffrey's death instantly produced the opposite effect, reactivating old antagonisms and triggering new ones.

The ensuing hysteria persuaded some parents not to inoculate their kids for fear of triggering autism.

The head movements are capable of triggering a diverse range of “inputs” into a device.

Williams acknowledges that aspects of the series might seem triggering at first, like using the word dirty in the title.

Then he just kept triggering until the gun was emptied and he had put five slugs fatally into Big Sid's carcass.

Regulation of breeding schedules in birds always involves some exogenous, environmental timing or triggering mechanism.

A couple of minutes before triggering time, I reached over and punched the channel button on operations frequency.

You can see individual neurons triggering right on your monitor.

The expectation of education or therapeutics gave way to triggering excitement, more obliquely sexual excitement.