dissuasion

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There, “dissuasion commissions” pressure anyone caught using drugs to seek treatment.

From Washington Times

People caught with drugs in Portugal are given a summons to appear before a “drug dissuasion” group, made up of a doctor, a social worker and a legal expert.

From Seattle Times

The brief lays out a three-pronged approach: deterrence against North Korean military threats, dissuasion of the regime’s nuclear pursuits through sanctions and pressure, and diplomacy to re-engage Pyongyang in disarmament talks.

From Washington Post

France’s new strategic document provides that the country will maintain a “robust and credible nuclear dissuasion” and a “capacity to lead military operations, including those of high intensity, alone or within a coalition.”

From Seattle Times

“The dissuasion is working. But then, the less we talk about it, the less we brandish the threat, the more credible we are.”

From Seattle Times