powerful deterrent
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpowerfulanddeterrent
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powerful
adjective
uk/ˈpaʊə.fəl/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.fəl/
having a lot of power to control people ...
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deterrent
noun[C]
uk/dɪˈter.ənt/us/dɪˈter.ənt/
something that deters people from ...
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(Definition ofpowerfulanddeterrentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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They provide apowerfuldeterrent.
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That is apowerfuldeterrent.
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It is apowerfuldeterrent.
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That is an extremelypowerfuldeterrent.
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They are a verypowerfuldeterrent.
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The court will be apowerfuldeterrent.
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That would have apowerfuldeterrenteffect.
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The registration requirement will also be apowerfuldeterrent.
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I hope that it will be apowerfuldeterrent.
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It is apowerfuldeterrent, not an offence in itself.
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A cane in a corner is apowerfuldeterrent.
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If violators care about the opinion of others, then the purely reactive formation of unfavorable impressions will be apowerfuldeterrent.
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The cane in the corner of the head teacher's study is apowerfuldeterrent.
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That operates as apowerfuldeterrentagainst entering the profession for people from ordinary backgrounds.
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Nothing will convince me that that penalty is not the mostpowerfuldeterrentin the world.
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Fear of detection, as with any crime, is a mostpowerfuldeterrentand thus prevention.
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This must have a verypowerfuldeterrenteffect on industries going to certain areas.
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This force will continue to be apowerfuldeterrentto aggression.
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It will act as apowerfuldeterrentto those who are likely to commit noise offences.
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Surely the existence of a criminal offence is the mostpowerfuldeterrent.
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The experience of other countries and our expectations are that this will be apowerfuldeterrent.
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This knowledge will be apowerfuldeterrentagainst his defying the order.
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I, for my part, do not question that we now have apowerfuldeterrentforce.
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This could be apowerfuldeterrentagainst practices which foul our inshore water and our coastline.
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That is the reason for maintaining apowerfuldeterrentpolicy in concert with our allies.
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