You can use "trigger" as a verb, but your sentence is somewhat unnatural.
The sight of the mountain triggered a very old memory.
Being accused of being boring triggered a violent reaction in the boy.
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#1 05-May-2013, 10:14trigger
Could I use "trigger" as follows?
This accident triggered my deep thought.
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#2 05-May-2013, 10:23Re: trigger
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
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