deterrent

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

Learned borrowing from Latin dēterrēns, dēterrentem.

—There’s one thing it hasn’t a deterrent effect on, says Alf. — Ulysses, James Joyce
Severity is therefore admitted by the State itself to have no deterrent influence on the intending criminal. — Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre, Voltairine De Cleyre
He knew that the ordinary, vaunted insecticides had no terror for, no deterrent effect on, either bugs or their unrelated mimics, the poisonous ticks of Central Africa; but that both alike fled before the smell of petroleum. — The Man Who Did the Right Thing: A Romance, Harry Johnston

hindrance, hinderance, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap

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