hair trigger

NOUN
  1. a gun trigger that responds with little pressure
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  • They have been desperate to avoid setting off an array of landmines with hair triggers.
  • Even with their pulsating white hot Bush-loathing bonding them together like crayons left on a stove over Thanksgiving Day, the hair trigger self-destructo possibilities are endless. Will Durst: Kvetching and Convening
  • Getting rid of weapons reduces the risk of accidental, unauthorised, hair trigger or pre-emptive use.
  • It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger.
  • SHANNON: Well, the NSA doesn't talk about its technology, and we don't know whether it was the technology that didn't give them the call origination or what, but certainly, the agencies have been told that they must talk to each other and have hair triggers on any bit of information, no matter how wispy and they can't wait until they get someone's date of birth or Social Security number. CNN Transcript Jul 24, 2003
  • But if that preponderance is leading to a world in which Russian and Chinese launch commanders are fingering nuclear hair triggers, the game may not be worth the candle. The Perils of Primacy
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