Usually means: Measures intended to discourage specific actions.
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  1. deterrents: Merriam-Webster
  2. deterrents: Collins English Dictionary
  3. deterrents: Vocabulary.com
  4. Deterrents, deterrents: Wordnik
  5. deterrents: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. deterrents: Wiktionary
  7. deterrents: Dictionary.com
  8. deterrents: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. deterrents: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. deterrents: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (deterrent)

▸ adjective:  Serving to deter, preventing something from happening.
▸ noun:  Something that deters.
▸ Also see deterrent


Opposite:
incentives, encouragements, motivators

Phrases:
nuclear deterrents, more...



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Opposite:
incentives, encouragements, motivators

Phrases:
nuclear deterrents, more...




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