Slow
Slow verb - To cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace.
Trigger
Trigger verb - To cause to function.
Usage example: mold triggers my allergies
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Blaze the Cat: Superior airtime and distance with R-trigger tricks and can slow her descent by shooting flames from her feet.
- Fallout: New Vegas makes real-time combat more viable, but also adds a chance to trigger a VATS-style slow-mo killcam on kills.
Source: Overly Long Fighting Animation - A bit slow and unmanouverable for the bad, but it'd take hundreds of rounds easily, and often survived because the canvas wasn't tough enough to trigger explosive rounds.
Source: Boring But Practical / Real Life
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Trigger and Slow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/slow/trigger
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Trigger or Slow. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/slow/trigger.
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