Can you trigger someone into abuse?

Like in my previous relationship my ex girlfriend often physically and verbally abused me. Her go to was I triggered her and it got me thinking months later is this just an excuse to abuse someone

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I’m glad there is some clarification here because that word trigger was used so many times and more often then not it was used in a way as an excuse to treat people like shit
Can you trigger someone into abuse?
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