Make and Trigger

Make

Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.

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Trigger and make are semantically related in start topic. In some cases you can use "Trigger" instead a verb "Make".

Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Trigger verb - To cause to function.

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Make and trigger are semantically related in start topic. Sometimes you can use "Make" instead a verb "Trigger".

Nearby Words: trig, triggered, trigged, triggering, trigging

Later you must make him try to open a door with a retinal scanner, although him being an escaped inmate, it's clear from the start that it's not going to work but will instead trigger an alarm.

Source: Stupidity Is the Only Option
Skin Horse's Unity has the trigger phrase "blueberry waffles" to make her stop fighting, because that tends to be rather more difficult than getting her to start.

Source: Trigger Phrase
Wraith's Combat Stance and Ra's Flame Barrier automatically attack the first card to damage each of them a turn...Which can lead to the hilarious situation in which one of them hurts themselves, and if that's the first damage that turn that turn, the cards trigger and make them hit themselves.

Source: Tabletop Game / Sentinels of the Multiverse

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