"triggered" meaning in English

See triggered in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} triggered (not comparable)
  1. Having a trigger that reacts to some specific condition. Tags: not-comparable Translations (having a trigger that reacts to some specific condition): activado por (Spanish), detonado por (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-triggered-en-adj-iINAb3Dy Disambiguation of 'having a trigger that reacts to some specific condition': 98 2
  2. (Internet slang) Angered; agitated. Tags: Internet, not-comparable Translations (angered; agitated): chejeado [El-Salvador] (Spanish), tocado (Spanish), repateado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-triggered-en-adj-gE39gF6j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 47 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 67 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 71 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 83 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 85 9 Disambiguation of 'angered; agitated': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: edge-triggered, level-triggered

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} triggered
  1. simple past and past participle of trigger Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: trigger
    Sense id: en-triggered-en-verb-L76jynn8
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