Because Israel lost a war in Lebanon in 2006, it led many massive bombardment campaigns in Gaza to try to restore its deterrence capacity.
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Deterrence
/dɪˈtɛɹəns/
Synonyms for "deterrence" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (14)
Noun(4 words)
Verb(4 words)
Related words (24)
foreign policyforestallinghaltimperialisminternationalismisolationismmilitarismmonitionnationalismnonresistanceopen doorpreparednesspreventionprohibitionremonstrancesphere of influencestaystopstoppagewarning
Noun(4 words)
Related word relations
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More general
10 entriescriminology conceptdiscouragementhinderancehindranceinterferencemilitary strategypolicyrational motivestrategytheory
More specific
7 entriesconventional deterrencecriminal deterrencecrisis deterrenceeconomic deterrencegeneral deterrencenuclear deterrencespecific deterrence
Collocations
6 entriescredible deterrencedeterrence strategydeterrence theoryeconomic deterrencemutual deterrencenuclear deterrence
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
13 translations across 9 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- رَدْع noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
Dutch
1 entries- afschrikking noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
Finnish
1 entries- pelottelu noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
French
1 entries- dissuasion noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
German
1 entries- Abschreckung noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
Portuguese
2 entries- deterrência noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
- intimidação noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
Russian
2 entries- сде́рживание noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
- устраше́ние noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
Spanish
3 entries- deterrencia noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
- disuasión noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
- intimidación noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
Swedish
1 entries- avskräckning noun (art of producing fear of attacking)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Does Algeria have missile deterrence?
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What's Algeria's greatest military deterrence?
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Strategic nuclear arms are only there for deterrence.
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