hair trigger Antonyms
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- deadened
- imperceptive
- deadened
- inaccurate
- insensible
- imprecise
- insensible
- inaccurate
- imprecise
- imperceptive
- dimmed
- dimmed
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Meaning of hair trigger
hair trigger (n)
a gun trigger that responds with little pressure
hair trigger
delicately adjusted or easily disrupted, a gun trigger so adjusted as to permit the firearm to be fired by a very slight pressure, immediately responsive to the slightest stimulus, immediately responsive
hair trigger Sentence Examples
- The soldier's hair-trigger reflex allowed him to respond instantaneously to the enemy's attack.
- The politician's hair-trigger temper flared up at the slightest provocation.
- The gun's hair-trigger mechanism made it prone to accidental discharge.
- The team's hair-trigger offense exploded for a quick touchdown.
- The hair-trigger panic button triggered the emergency lockdown procedure.
- The stock market's hair-trigger volatility made investors nervous.
- The hair-trigger sensitivity of the alarm system startled the occupants.
- The child's hair-trigger imagination turned everyday objects into fantastical creatures.
- The hair-trigger laughter of the audience sent shockwaves through the theater.
- The hair-trigger reaction between the chemicals created an instant explosion.
FAQs About the word hair trigger
a gun trigger that responds with little pressuredelicately adjusted or easily disrupted, a gun trigger so adjusted as to permit the firearm to be fired by a ver
hypersensitive, oversensitive, precise, supersensitive, sensitive, clear, sensible, hyperacute, piercing, perceptive
fading, dull, bad, dulled, dead, numb, insensitive, dulled, insensitive,bad
The soldier's hair-trigger reflex allowed him to respond instantaneously to the enemy's attack.
The politician's hair-trigger temper flared up at the slightest provocation.
The gun's hair-trigger mechanism made it prone to accidental discharge.
The team's hair-trigger offense exploded for a quick touchdown.