détente
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Meanings
Noun
1. relaxation, détente
2. trigger (firearms)
3. height to which one is able to jump (sports)
4. expansion of a gas or a spring (physics)
Examples9
His finger was on the trigger.
Don't pull the trigger.
Don't pull the trigger.
Don't pull the trigger.
I squeezed the trigger.
I closed my eyes and squeezed the trigger.