Sentences with deterrent
de·ter·rent
D d - They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent.
- ...a nuclear deterrent.
- Sanctions are not a deterrent and will hurt only the people at the bottom of the pile in North Korea.
- Taking away people's guns simply removes a deterrent to crime, writes John Whitley.
- Hopefully, that will have a deterrent effect on drug syndicates in the future.
- A deterrent to crime.
- For those drivers who owned their cars, the new laws could act as a big deterrent, he said.