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Sentence count:152+7Posted:2016-12-06Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: balkbaulkcheckhandicaphinderancehindranceimpedimentSimilar words: detentedetermineddeterioratecurrentcurrentlyrecurrentirreverentextraterrestrialMeaning: [-nt]  n. something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress. adj. tending to deter. 
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31. Our deterrent involves one boat on patrol at all times with no more than 128 warheads.
32. Lack of formal paper qualifications to obtain good jobs is no deterrent at this stage.
33. I told him also that Britain's only strategic weapon would be the minimum deterrent constituted by Trident.
34. By the autumn of 1959, the Chiefs of Staff had begun to doubt its viability as an effective deterrent.
35. Murders too were more frequent, and in order to combat the rising crime rate parliament introduced a psychological deterrent.
36. The special paint is meant to be a deterrent to graffiti artists.
37. That the classical wooden-bodied Pullman cars of earlier days had long since been split up and sold or scrapped was no deterrent.
38. Experts do not agree about whether the death penalty acts as a deterrent.
39. However,(www.Sentencedict.com) sports clubs are also social organisations and social pressure can be an important deterrent to free-rider behaviour.
40. Then punish the adulterous man as harshly, for that is just as effective a deterrent as punishing the woman.
41. What's more, most people no longer believe the death penalty is a deterrent.
42. A principal aspect of that role is as a deterrent.
43. We will complete the deployment of the next generation of Britain's minimum nuclear deterrent.
44. Investigate the extent to which capital punishment is a deterrent to murder.
45. I was only smacked once, a fiery look from my Mother being sufficient deterrent for most mischief.
46. The legislation also provides a deterrent against deliberate neglect of historic buildings.
47. But there is another, perhaps more promising category of deterrent effect: general deterrence.
48. One would have thought that its very existence would be some sort of deterrent.
49. This sentence certainly will not act as a deterrent to other drunk drivers.
50. The black and white stripes of the skunks act as a powerful deterrent, even from a great distance.
51. After spending a few months gauging public reaction, West Mercia Police intend to use him as a kerbside deterrent against speeding.
52. The negligence action acts as a form of compensation for a negligently injured patient and as a deterrent to doctors.
53. To that extent, the nuclear deterrent is very good value for money.
54. All the ground floor windows were fitted with iron bars, a sufficient deterrent for the average break-and-enter boys.
55. The fines are large enough to be an effective deterrent against speeding.
56. Indeed, his ambition is to move down now to a minimum deterrent.
57. Also unclear is whether execution by lethal injection will have any effect on the death penalty as a crime deterrent.
58. The Left called for the scrapping of our nuclear deterrent.
59. If the youths showed signs of any untoward behaviour the loosing of this magnificent animal should be sufficient deterrent.
60. They do not show that punishment has no deterrent effect on offenders, or that no offender is ever deterred.
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