trigger mechanism
Americannoun
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The court also heard Love's DNA was found on a drill which was believed to be the trigger mechanism for the device.
From BBC ● May 14, 2026
Justice Alito appeared supportive of Mr. Mitchell’s argument that the ban overreached because the device itself does not physically touch and move the trigger mechanism in a rifle.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
“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
Sliding up and down in the trough was a block, fitted with a trigger mechanism, through which passed the middle of the bowstring.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
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