deterrent

[dih-tur-uhnt, -tuhr-, -ter-] Origin

de·ter·rent

[dih-tur-uhnt, -tuhr-, -ter-]
adjective
1.
serving or tending to deter.
noun
2.
something that deters: a deterrent to crime.
3.
military strength or an ability to defend a country or retaliate strongly enough to deter an enemy from attacking.

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Deterrent is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Origin:
1820–30; < Latin dēterrent- (stem of dēterrēns), present participle of dēterrēre. See deter, -ent

de·ter·rent·ly, adverb
non·de·ter·rent, adjective


2. restraint, curb, check, hindrance.

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deterrent (dɪˈtɛrənt)
 
n
1.  something that deters
2.  a weapon or combination of weapons, esp nuclear, held by one state, etc, to deter attack by another
 
adj
3.  tending or used to deter; restraining
 
[C19: from Latin dēterrēns hindering; see deter]
 
de'terrence
 
n

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deterrent
1829, noun and adj., in Bentham, from L. deterrentem, prp. of deterrere (see deter). In reference to nuclear weapons, from 1954.
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