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deterrence
  1. The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
  2. Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.
  3. The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “He summarized that imprisonment would not serve the goals of punishment, deterrence or rehabilitation.”
      “A portion of the power exerted by pressure groups may be a deterrence to progress in curriculum development.”
      “Accordingly, the hypothesized deterrence of ethanol to frugivorous vertebrates, or specifically primates, is unsubstantiated.”
determent
  1. the act of deterring; deterrence
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He summarized that imprisonment would not serve the goals of punishment, determent or rehabilitation.”
      “A portion of the power exerted by pressure groups may be a determent to progress in curriculum development.”
      “But given the multitude of different combinations, it is extremely difficult to determent which combination is the optimization design.”
deterrability
  1. The quality of being deterrable.
deterrer
  1. One who deters.
deterrent
  1. Something that deters.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “But Anderson admitted the park's unique location also serves as a deterrent to the deluge of visitors he's hoping for.”
      “The punishments meted out by courts are to serve as a warning, as a deterrent to others that if they too step out of place, they too can expect similar punishment.”
deterrences
deterrents
  1. plural of deterrent
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    1. “France and the United Kingdom each rely on just four submarines for their independent nuclear deterrents.”
      “I've decided camping above ground level is a far more reliable option than the usual deterrents of boric powder and kerosene.”
      “First, the submarine-launched ballistic system was recognized as the most survivable element in the triad of strategic nuclear deterrents.”
determents
deterrers
  1. plural of deterrer
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