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Parola del giorno | Word of the day

Today's Parola del giorno is the transitive verb, innescare, which means:

• to trigger

The verb can be used literally in its scientific sense, such as triggering a reaction or an explosion. Or it can be used figuratively, as in triggering someone's anger or triggering a war, as seen in the context below about the Napoleonic Wars (in which parts of Italy wer…