Meaning of hair trigger in English

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  2. Noun
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  1. Noun

    hair trigger

    Definitions

    1. a gun trigger that responds with little pressure

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  • « You don't have any communication between the Israelis and the Iranians. You have all sorts of local triggers for conflict. Having countries act on a hair trigger - where they can't afford to be second to strike - the potential for a miscalculation or a nuclear war through inadvertence is simply too high. »
    Dennis Ross

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