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"un déclenchement"

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Definition: release, activation, setting off, launch, start

Je ne comprends pas le déclenchement de ce mécanisme - I don't understand how to activate this mechanism.

Le déclenchement de la guerre nous a beaucoup choqués - We were deeply shocked by the start of the war.

Related: déclencher - to set off, release activate; un déclencheur - releast mechanism, shutter release

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Pronunciation: [day kla(n)sh(eu) ma(n)]Audio Link

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