deterrent
Example Sentences
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France is to boost its nuclear arsenal and extend the deterrent to cover other European countries, in a major development of its nuclear defence policy.
From BBC
Oil can still act as a deterrent to both sides.
He said people in Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland now tend to support rather than oppose the idea of developing an alternative European nuclear deterrent.
From Barron's
Accepting Washington's conditions risks hollowing out the regime's deterrent strategy.
From BBC
Iran is seen as unlikely to agree to the last point, since it doesn’t have much of an air force and relies on missiles as its main deterrent.
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