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deterrent effect meaning, deterrent effect definition | English Cobuild dictionary. deterrent. 1 n-count A deterrent is something that prevents people from doing something by making them afraid of what will happen to them if they do it. They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent...
Deterrence is the policy of making the military power of the United Stares and its allies so strong that no enemy would dare attack for fear of retaliation. This influenced the U.S. because we had to work very hard to be a force worth reckoning with.