triggering

The initiation of an event or process.

Adjective

  1. That triggers or initiates.
    • With assembly line consistency, Martin receives countless rejections from faceless editors—a triggering reminder for any literary hopeful navigating the modern culture industry. - 2020 October 13, Beatrice Loayza, “Jack...
    • Not so very long ago, the notion of saliva was considered so triggering that the chicken chain KFC dropped its “finger-lickin’ good” catchphrase, calling it “the most inappropriate slogan for 2020.” - 2021 March 7,...

Derived

autotriggering nontriggering port triggering triggering sequence

Noun

  1. The initiation of an event or process.

Forms

triggerings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of trigger