Usage of "trigger-happy"

Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid.

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Examples for "violent"

However, some of the recently freed members still defend their violent past. 
 Reuters 

Communities have a right to be protected from crime, especially violent crime. 
 The Irish Times 

The early days of planetary solar systems can be violent times indeed. 
 Wired 

Crime -particularly violent crime -is a plague on South Africa. 
 The South African 

Previous protests triggered violent clashes between demonstrators and police earlier this year. 
 Reuters 

Earlier efforts produced fierce clashes at sea with anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd. 
 Radio NZ 

Britain's emergency anti-terrorism legislation has become law after days of fierce debate. 
 The Irish Times 

Battles in the streets are followed by fierce debates in the Assembly. 
 The Memoirs of Victor Hugo 

The noise was terrific; the sight was terrible in its fierce grandeur. 
 French and English: A Story of the Struggle in America 

Iraqi forces expect a fierce battle against Islamic State to retake Mosul. 
 Reuters 

And it's so powerful, it has no problem tearing right through them. 
 Wired 

You see on the news where they've been tearing apart Ghanet's house? 
 The smoke room: a novel of suspense 

You cannot uproot all of my work without tearing down every building. 
 Mentats of Dune 

The effort of tearing open the poly wrapper set my heart pounding. 
 Anathem 

I was thrilled when I heard her inside tearing the house apart. 
 Gunn's golden rules 

Emily drank in the vehement flow of words with delight and fear. 
 A Life's Morning 

You appear to me too vehement; you take the matter too seriously. 
 Egmont 

They are also increasingly vehement in their demands for wine and cigarettes. 
 The Irish Times 

He was vehement and fierce often; he was coarse and violent often. 
 Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts 

As the wine circulated, the abuse of the Cardinal became more vehement. 
 The Golden Grasshopper: A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresha... 

Uso de trigger-happy em inglês

The Sisters can be a bit trigger-happy with anyone they don't know. 
 The woman who died a lot 

The Nips are all trigger-happy, just waiting for an incident to happen 
 Blood Brothers: A Medic's Sketch Book 

Some of these small town officers tend to be a little trigger-happy. 
 Calamity jayne 

One of the cops must be trigger-happy, shooting at shadows or ghosts. 
 Dark rivers of the heart 

It's not long ago we used to mock trigger-happy foreign tourists. 
 The Irish Times 

A trigger-happy culture and long-running Muslim and communist insurgencies add to election tensions. 
 Reuters 

A depressed, alcoholic, trigger-happy acrobat with a gift for gratuitous violence. 
 Wired 

The police are sometimes trigger-happy, I forget whether it's one lump or two.' 
 Travels With My Aunt 

A trigger-happy culture and long-running Muslim and communist insurgencies add to the bloodshed. 
 Reuters 

A police investigation has now been opened against the trigger-happy hot-head. 
 The South African 

It hadn't chosen to be born in trigger-happy Florida rather than Southeast Asia. 
 Swamp Bones 

Suppose he broke surface right in front of a flock of trigger-happy Enforcers? 
 The Best Made Plans 

Good thing too, because I had seen how trigger-happy the Monster Control Bureau was. 
 Monster Hunter Vendetta 

Fifteen years later, trigger-happy players are finally getting their wish. 
 Wired 

So three: Kamenko, my trigger-happy bandit, why are you firing guns in our house? 
 How the soldier repairs the gramophone 

He can be very trigger-happy, and he's known to be somewhat aggressive with it. 
 The evolutionary void 

Significados de trigger-happy em inglês