trigger point

trigger point (plural trigger points)

1. An event, arrangement, provocation, etc. that leads a certain, generally violent or angered, action to be taken.

   Synonyms: trigger, provocation

   The unbalanced terms of the treaty was a trigger point for the war.

   Me wanting to spend time with other people is a big trigger point for him.

2. A hyperirritable spot in the skeletal muscle; a point in tender muscle that tends to elicit pain upon pressure or touch. ^Wp

• Finnish: liipaisinpiste
• French: point-détente m, point-gâchette m
• Spanish: punto gatillo m

• “trigger point”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “trigger point”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “trigger point”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.