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deterrent

noun as in impediment, restraint

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"Is it going to be a deterrent ? I think people will need to be extremely careful when they're coming into the city," she added.

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Pressuring Russia on other fronts could be its own deterrent.

Mother Caroline Willgoose says "kids are going to school frightened" and the installation of knife arches could be a deterrent to crime.

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Investigators told the inquest a yellow warning label above the window bearing the words 'Caution do not lean out of window when train is moving' was an insufficient deterrent.

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Recently France and the UK agreed on a "one in, one out" returns deal, which was designed as a deterrent to stop boats from crossing the Channel.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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