Causes and Triggers

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Triggers and causes are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Triggers" instead a verb "Causes".

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Causes and triggers are semantically related. You can use "Causes" instead a verb "Triggers".

She survives the fall itself, but is (possibly) killed by the effects of it; the fall triggers a massive explosion, which destroys a barn, which causes the door of said barn to fall on top of her.

Source: Disney Villain Death
Alternately, the person triggers a trap that causes a net to ensnare them and they are stuck suspended above the ground that way.

Source: Caught in a Snare
In Blindsight, it's claimed that to look into the eyes of a vampire triggers evolutionary ingrained responses to predation in humans that causes them to freak out and stand paralysed.

Source: Deer in the Headlights

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