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Deterrent

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Noun

1. balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment

something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

Adjective

2. deterrent

tending to deter

Example Sentences:
'the deterrent effects of high prices'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Deterrent

see synonyms of deterrent

noun

1.

something that deters

2.

a weapon or combination of weapons, esp nuclear, held by one state, etc, to deter attack by another

adjective

3.

tending or used to deter; restraining

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Deterrent

see synonyms of deterrent

adjective

1.

deterring or tending to deter

noun

2.

a thing or factor that deters; hindrance

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Deterrent

see synonyms of deterrent

adj.

Tending to deter: deterrent weapons.

n.

1. Something that deters: a deterrent to theft.

2. A means of discouraging enemy attack, as by the threat of retaliation: a nuclear deterrent.

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