Deterrent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Tending to deter: deterrent weapons.
  • n. Something that deters: a deterrent to theft.
  • n. A retaliatory means of discouraging enemy attack: a nuclear deterrent.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Serving to deter, preventing something from happening
  • n. Something that deters.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Serving to deter.
  • n. That which deters or prevents.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the power or tendency to deter; hindering through fear; preventive.
  • n. That which deters or tends to deter.
  • n. A substance used in the manufacture of smokeless powder to moderate the violence of the explosion and to diminish sensitiveness to shock. Vaseline, camphor, etc., are so employed.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
  • adj. tending to deter
    • Equivalent
    preventative    preventive   
    Form
    nuclear deterrent   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    restraint    preventive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    deterrence    motivator    nonlethal    aphrodisiac    predictors   
     
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