trigger mechanism
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In the filing, Morrissey said they were awaiting results of an additional analysis of the gun and its broken sear, a part of the trigger mechanism.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023
“There was no trigger mechanism, the guy was obviously a nut. Bombs have triggering mechanisms, hoaxes have pipes without triggering mechanisms.”
From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2018
It’s a trigger mechanism: as soon as he says it, the chants begin.
From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2018
“It’s a trigger mechanism to establish contact between individuals and service providers,” Judge Serita said of the court.
From New York Times • Nov. 21, 2014
That, together with the photo film which carried the Eye's message and was enclosed in the trigger mechanism of the novel projector, constituted evidence that would prove that Jack Carlson was the Eye.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
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