noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
effective
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By the autumn of 1959, the Chiefs of Staff had begun to doubt its viability as an effective deterrent .
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It would, in the end, be a far more effective deterrent .
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Is he satisfied that an effective deterrent system is in place to prevent their deployment?
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Then punish the adulterous man as harshly, for that is just as effective a deterrent as punishing the woman.
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Therefore, the designation of specially protected areas is perhaps quite effective as a deterrent .
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The most effective deterrent , however, is that simple household substance, vinegar.
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Manifestly, we have no effective deterrent for hooligan crime, or we would not be debating the issue.
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Britain's credible and effective independent nuclear deterrent is the ultimate guarantee of our security.
independent
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Will my right hon. Friend not stint in providing Britain with the best independent deterrent ?
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Britain's credible and effective independent nuclear deterrent is the ultimate guarantee of our security.
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We are the only party unambiguously committed to the preservation and modernisation of our independent nuclear deterrent .
minimum
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I told him also that Britain's only strategic weapon would be the minimum deterrent constituted by Trident.
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Indeed, his ambition is to move down now to a minimum deterrent .
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His idea of a minimum deterrent is to maintain 2,500 warheads.
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We will complete the deployment of the next generation of Britain's minimum nuclear deterrent .
nuclear
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The nuclear deterrent has been very effective in ensuring the security of the west over the past 40 years.
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Only when it comes to the nuclear deterrent or matters of top intelligence-gathering is the short-term commercial approach deliberately shelved.
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To that extent, the nuclear deterrent is very good value for money.
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That applies even to the minority in the Labour party who believe in the nuclear deterrent .
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We will complete the deployment of the next generation of Britain's minimum nuclear deterrent .
■ NOUN
effect
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This section begins with a group of contrasts concerning the deterrent effects of markets and liability regimes.
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They do not show that punishment has no deterrent effect on offenders, or that no offender is ever deterred.
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But they suggest that overall, punishment has other effects which cancel out and even outweigh its deterrent effects.
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The deterrent effect of our presence and continuous patrols in the busier yachting areas could not be discounted.
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We need to have the deterrent effect this action would have.
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He believes that the deterrent effect , which no longer seems to exist for young people, should be reinstated.
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Now, there can be little doubt that the existence of a system of punishment has some general deterrent effect .
■ VERB
act
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The black and white stripes of the skunks act as a powerful deterrent , even from a great distance.
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In addition, divided catalogues or separate classified catalogues could also have acted as a deterrent to subject searching.
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This sentence certainly will not act as a deterrent to other drunk drivers.
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Whether that would act as a deterrent is, of course, another question altogether.
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A half squadron of gendarmes has been stationed in Maripasoula, their presence supposedly acting as a deterrent .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Experts do not agree about whether the death penalty acts as a deterrent .
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The fines are large enough to be an effective deterrent against speeding.
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The small fines for copying software were not much of a deterrent .
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The special paint is meant to be a deterrent to graffiti artists.
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Window locks are a cheap and effective deterrent .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Also unclear is whether execution by lethal injection will have any effect on the death penalty as a crime deterrent .
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And not only that, but they pass on their chemical deterrent through the pupal stage into the adult moth itself.
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As in human warfare, chemical defences are essentially deterrents rather than everyday weapons.
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It is a matter of regret that the Opposition's commitment to that deterrent is not generally accepted.
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Requiring drug tests of this discrete group of citizens is an intrusion, a humiliation and a subtle deterrent to prospective candidates.
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The bishops said the death penalty was not a deterrent to crime, had racist overtones and cost millions of dollars.
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This has proven to be a strong deterrent against theft.
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What's more, most people no longer believe the death penalty is a deterrent .