trigger

• "trigger a reaction"
• "actuate the circuits"

Synonyms

• tripa journey for some purpose (usually including the return); a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs; an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall; an exciting or stimulating experience ; a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; a light or nimble tread; an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; miss a step and fall or nearly fall; cause to stumble; make a trip for pleasure ; put in motion or move to act; get high, stoned, or drugged
• actuateput in motion or move to act; give an incentive for action
• activateput in motion or move to act; make active or more active; make more adsorptive; aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter ; make (substances) radioactive
• set offput in motion or move to act; leave; direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; cause to burst with a violent release of energy; make up for; set in motion or cause to begin; provoke or stir up
• spark offput in motion or move to act
• sparka momentary flash of light ; merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field ; a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger; Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918) ; a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction ; put in motion or move to act; emit or produce sparks
• trigger offput in motion or move to act
• touch offput in motion or move to act

• "Trigger a gun"

Synonyms

• gun triggerlever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

Synonyms

• inductiona formal entry into an organization or position or office; an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current ; reasoning from detailed facts to general principles ; stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time); an act that sets in motion some course of events
• initiationa formal entry into an organization or position or office; the act of starting something for the first time; wisdom as evidenced by the possession of knowledge; an act that sets in motion some course of events