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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-tur-uhnt, -tuhr-, -ter-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtɜr ənt, -ˈtʌr-, -ˈtɛr-



Definition of deterrent

Origin :
  • 1829, noun and adjective, in Bentham, from Latin deterrentem, present participle of deterrere (see deter). In reference to nuclear weapons, from 1954.
  • noun impediment, restraint
Example sentences :
  • The ease of getting a livelihood acts as a deterrent to ambition.
  • Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
  • It is a deterrent for others, not a healing process for the man himself.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • The school has in most cases been a deterrent to their progress, rather than a help.
  • Extract from : « The Measurement of Intelligence » by Lewis Madison Terman
  • This is only an imitation of nature, in which pain is a sanction and a deterrent.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • Here we have a recrudescence of the idea that great penalties are deterrent.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • He is certain to be found, as are any of the deterrent people in the Pilgrim's Progress.
  • Extract from : « True to His Home » by Hezekiah Butterworth
  • It was cheaper to build a deterrent than to defend against it.
  • Extract from : « The Next Logical Step » by Benjamin William Bova
  • They say now that if it does little good to the offender, it is deterrent as to others.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner » by Charles Dudley Warner
  • These disadvantages and uncertainties the yachtsman knows, and yet they are for him no deterrent.
  • Extract from : « A Floating Home » by Cyril Ionides
  • The resinous matter in these acts as an antiseptic, and as a deterrent to vermin.
  • Extract from : « Poachers and Poaching » by John Watson

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