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Deterrence meaning

  1. The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
  2. An action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.
  3. The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.

Synonyms of Deterrence

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Using Deterrence

  • The main meaning on this page is: The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred. | An action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action. | The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.
  • Useful related words include: disincentive, rational motive, incentive, determent.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: afschrikking.
  • In the example corpus, deterrence often appears in combinations such as: of deterrence, deterrence and, and deterrence.

Context around Deterrence

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 17 statements, 3 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Deterrence

  • In this selection, "deterrence" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, design, bird, tailored, methods, failed and rests stand out and add context to how "deterrence" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a strong deterrence and this and addressed by deterrence the classical. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "deterrence" sits close to words such as additive, affirm and agony, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with deterrence

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Deterrence doesn’t even come into it. (7 words)

Deterrence – by punishing someone, you deter that person and others from committing similar crimes. (14 words)

How much sharing of weapons systems increases deterrence without adding to risks of conflict? (14 words)

An added complication has been the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s statement of 2022, although the primary mission of his country’s nuclear arsenal is to deter an attack, he would use nuclear weapons to repel an attack if deterrence failed. (43 words)

It turned out that Charap and his co-author were right about Western weapons and deterrence—the Russian Army went in despite the Javelins and Stingers that had been sent to Ukraine by countries—but wrong about their military utility. (40 words)

Austin said recent visits by a U.S. nuclear ballistic missile submarine and a B-52 to South Korea were "milestones" in deterrence efforts and that the tempo of such deployments could continue despite other global crises. (37 words)

But human rights have now become a catch-all for the criminal – so what is the deterrence? (17 words)

How much sharing of weapons systems increases deterrence without adding to risks of conflict? (14 words)

How were we supposed to know that the bulk of the U.S. ground-based nuclear deterrence force was based in Montana? (22 words)

Example sentences (20)

In short, both capitals have moved from attempts to reassure each other to deterrencedeterrence rests on threat.

But former Secretary Henry Kissinger says there is a new danger, which cannot be addressed by deterrence: "The classical notion of deterrence was that there was some consequences before which aggressors and evildoers would recoil.

Elements and design Deterrence methods main The goal of deterrence methods is to convince potential attackers that a successful attack is unlikely due to strong defenses.

An added complication has been the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s statement of 2022, although the primary mission of his country’s nuclear arsenal is to deter an attack, he would use nuclear weapons to repel an attack if deterrence failed.

Another goal is to help improve business facades with more awning cleaning, bird deterrence and horticultural displays.

Austin and Shin on Monday signed a new version of the Tailored Deterrence Strategy agreement, which was revised for the first time in a decade to address the growing threat of the North’s nuclear program.

Austin said Monday that the U.S. deterrence commitment to South Korea remains ironclad and includes a full range of America’s nuclear, conventional and missile defense capabilities.

Austin said recent visits by a U.S. nuclear ballistic missile submarine and a B-52 to South Korea were "milestones" in deterrence efforts and that the tempo of such deployments could continue despite other global crises.

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But human rights have now become a catch-all for the criminal – so what is the deterrence?

But it is raining bombs on the entire strip, its message heavily punctuated by vengeance and powered by deterrence.

Deterrence – by punishing someone, you deter that person and others from committing similar crimes.

Deterrence doesn’t even come into it.

Deterrence involves signaling to the rising power that the United States is willing and able to use force to prevent it from achieving its objectives.

He said that Iran maintains its military power and poses no threat to the regional countries, adding that the Islamic Republic’s defense doctrine is entirely based on deterrence.

How much sharing of weapons systems increases deterrence without adding to risks of conflict?

How were we supposed to know that the bulk of the U.S. ground-based nuclear deterrence force was based in Montana?

If the deterrence failed, Cuban officials wanted the nuclear weapons as a way to fight back against a vastly more powerful army.

Indeed, the very character of warfare is changing, so we need a new model of deterrence to meet the new challenge.

Israeli security strategy is centred around a strong deterrence and this means to have a disproportionate response to any perceived threat or actual attack, as a compellent deterrent to any future repetition of such an action.

It turned out that Charap and his co-author were right about Western weapons and deterrence—the Russian Army went in despite the Javelins and Stingers that had been sent to Ukraine by countries—but wrong about their military utility.

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Common combinations with deterrence

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "deterrence" in a sentence?
An example: "In short, both capitals have moved from attempts to reassure each other to deterrence—deterrence rests on threat." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "deterrence" from authentic English texts.
What does "deterrence" mean?
Deterrence means: The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
What are synonyms of "deterrence"?
Common synonyms of "deterrence" include: disincentive, rational motive, incentive, determent, intimidation, discouragement, hindrance, hinderance. Plus 1 more synonyms.
What is "deterrence" in Dutch?
"deterrence" translates to Dutch as: afschrikking.
How many example sentences with "deterrence" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "deterrence", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.