deterrent - Longman Dictionary

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdeterrentde‧ter‧rent /dɪˈterənt $ -ˈtɜːr-/ ○○○ noun [countable] 1 PERSUADEsomething that makes someone ... deterrentFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishdeterrentde‧ter‧rent/dɪˈterənt$-ˈtɜːr-/●○○noun[countable]    1PERSUADEsomethingthatmakessomeonelesslikelytodosomething,bymakingthemrealizeitwillbedifficultorhavebadresults  Thesmallfinesforthistypeofcrimedonotactasmuchofadeterrent.deterrentto/for/against  Windowlocksareaneffectivedeterrentagainstburglars.  thedeterrenteffectofprisonsentences2→nucleardeterrent—deterrencenoun[uncountable]ExamplesfromtheCorpusdeterrent•Expertsdonotagreeaboutwhetherthedeathpenaltyactsasadeterrent.•Thespecialpaintismeanttobeadeterrenttograffitiartists.•What'smore,mostpeoplenolongerbelievethedeathpenaltyisadeterrent.•Thebishopssaidthedeathpenaltywasnotadeterrenttocrime,hadracistovertonesandcostmillionsofdollars.•Thesmallfinesforcopyingsoftwarewerenotmuchofadeterrent.•Andnotonlythat,buttheypassontheirchemicaldeterrentthroughthepupalstageintotheadultmothitself.•Alsouncleariswhetherexecutionbylethalinjectionwillhaveanyeffectonthedeathpenaltyasacrimedeterrent.•Thefinesarelargeenoughtobeaneffectivedeterrentagainstspeeding.•Windowlocksareacheapandeffectivedeterrent.•Asinhumanwarfare,chemicaldefencesareessentiallydeterrentsratherthaneverydayweapons.•Thishasproventobeastrongdeterrentagainsttheft.•Requiringdrugtestsofthisdiscretegroupofcitizensisanintrusion,ahumiliationandasubtledeterrenttoprospectivecandidates.•ItisamatterofregretthattheOpposition'scommitmenttothatdeterrentisnotgenerallyaccepted.actas...adeterrent•Inaddition,dividedcataloguesorseparateclassifiedcataloguescouldalsohaveactedasadeterrenttosubjectsearching.•Doubleglazingmayactasadeterrent,andmayfirmsfitwindowlocksasstandard.•Thissentencecertainlywillnotactasadeterrenttootherdrunkdrivers.•Theblackandwhitestripesoftheskunksactasapowerfuldeterrent,evenfromagreatdistance.•AhalfsquadronofgendarmeshasbeenstationedinMaripasoula,theirpresencesupposedlyactingasadeterrent.•Whetherthatwouldactasadeterrentis,ofcourse,anotherquestionaltogether. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Moreresults nucleardeterrent Seeallresults Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Occupations Racerelations Racerelations Colours&sounds Seealltopics Wordoftheday poison asubstancethatcancausedeathorseriousillnessifyoueatit,drinkitetc