Words and phrases that have a meaning related to deterrent: (139 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, obstruction
Appears in the definition of:
pepper spray, power
More general:
Also try:difficulty
— Adjectives for deterrent: nuclear, effective, major, powerful, strong, independent, credible, serious, sufficient, strategic, only, more...
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