deterrent

a deterrent to theft.

the deterrent effect of heavy prison sentences.

Is there a credible alternative to the nuclear deterrent?

The nuclear deterrent has maintained an uneasy peace.

Defenders of the death penalty clearly regard it as the ultimate deterrent.

Large fines act as a deterrent to motorists.

Bring forward the deterrent countermeasure that cortrol the empoison of circumstance on basal farmland dependency.

In rejoinder, the abolitionists question the superior deterrent value of the death penalty.

I put a net over my strawberries as a deterrent to the birds.

So this new policy of separation is supposed to be a harsh deterrent.

Seventeen-year-old Bongo Lebe says the music is a deterrent to using drugs.

The a-word is anthropomorphism, and historically, it's been a big deterrent to recognizing animal emotions.

Stay together, secure your snacks and carry a deterrent like flares or bangers or bear spray.

While temperature-taking devices can be a deterrent to disease, health officials suggest more testing to diagnose COVID-19.

And while this is illegal, the penalties are so minimal they don't seem to be a deterrent.

This will serve as a deterrent to such practice.

Maybe the compounds are deterrent to nectar robbers, who take nectar without pollinating.

The exercise, also a deterrent, as the North Atlantic region becomes more contested.

" We wanted to be different and create a deterrent effect, " said Anjar Pancaningtyas.