trigger
noun
a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.
have been triggering
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present perfect progressiveof trigger.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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“To say the last few weeks have been triggering would be an understatement,” she said in one tweet from the week of the Kavanaugh hearings.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2019
The most sophisticated tricks seem to have been triggering password resets and making anonymous phone calls, nothing beyond the reach of the average 4chan troll.
From The Verge ● Dec. 16, 2018
