The Belgian Television VRT is in Libya right now for a very special program called “De Revolutieroute”. What you’re looking at is a picture they published yesterday on their Facebook page. This Libyan man, in Benghazi, is holding a FN FAL made in Belgium. A serial number is visible: 1731984.
noun
• a small device that releases a spring or catch and so sets off a mechanism, esp. in order to fire a gun: he pulled the trigger of the shotgun.
• an event or thing that causes something to happen: the trigger for the strike was the closure of a mine.
verb [ trans. ]
• cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist.
• cause (a device) to function.
quick on the trigger
quick to respond.
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