trigger point
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Meaning
- noun An event, arrangement, provocation, etc. that leads a certain, generally violent or angered, action to be taken.
The unbalanced terms of the treaty was a trigger point for the war.
- noun A hyperirritable spot in the skeletal muscle; a point in tender muscle that tends to elicit pain upon pressure or touch.
Similar words
trigger provocation biting point provoking flash point aggravation hair trigger starting gun catalyst hot button
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