Uttal

  • UK:
    • IPA: /dɪˈtɛɹənt/
  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /di.ˈte.ɹənt/
Översättning
Substantiv
1.avskräckningsmedel {ett}
2.avskräckningsvapen {ett}

Definitioner

Adjektiv

  1. Serving to deter, preventing something from happening

Substantiv

  1. Something that deters.

Exempel

  • Evidence on the deterrent effect of capital punishment is important for many.
  • Before becoming Governor, I supported the death penalty because of my firm conviction that it would act as a significant deterrent.
  • “The world has moved on, you need to move with it,” Clegg told Brown and Cameron over their defence of keeping Britain's independent nuclear deterrent.
  • nuclear ~ ydin(ase)pelote

Böjningsformer

Pluraldeterrents
Komparativmore deterrent
Superlativmost deterrent