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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to deterrent:   (145 results)

Often used in the same context:
deterrence, disincentive, dissuasive, bulwark, countermeasure, victimless, dissuasion, counterforce, victimless crime, justification, counterbalance, motivator, nuclear deterrence, counterweight, violators, provocation, lawbreakers, punishment, zero tolerance, safeguard, threat, preventative, menace, impediment, sentencer, harm, preventive, enticement, shield, enforcement, sanction, vigilance, weapon, nuisance, offenders, fines, incentive, criminals, predictor, hindrance, panacea, consequences, inducement, morale booster, shaming, policing, force, boon, prelude, reminder, tool, patrols, determent, attractant, warning, ballistic fingerprinting, stepping stone, aggressors, aggressing, aggression, prevention, buffer, scourge, windbreak, ramification, curb, criminalization, desensitising, lookouts, abusers, remorse, irritant, trespassers, loiterers, dampener, bargaining chip, catalyst, tripwire, motivation, retaliation, interdiction, precursor, unlawfulness, troublemakers, indeterminate sentence, factor, proof, capability, misdemeanant, arsenal, predators, citronella, reinforcement, reinforcer, protection, decoys, jaywalkers, motive, penalties, perpetrator, unacceptability, mitigating circumstance, deterrents, advantage, downside, foothold, obstacle, disadvantage, leverage, cause, handicap, motivators, regulative, reformative, retributive, ameliorative, coercive, destabilizing, mitigating, promoting, transformative, assimilative, centralizing, corrective, educative, inhibitive, integrative, stabilizing, stimulative, suppressive, tive, adjustive

More specific:
albatross, bind, millstone, obstacle, obstruction

Appears in the definition of:
pepper spray, power

More general:
difficulty

Synonyms:
handicap, hindrance, impediment, preventative, preventive

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— Adjectives for deterrent: nuclear, effective, major, powerful, strong, independent, credible, serious, sufficient, strategic, only, more...

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