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  1.                 From en.wiktionary.org:
                    

    [déterrent]

    ** English

    *** Etymology

    [en].

    *** Pronunciation

    - [en] , _sometimes_ [/dɪˈtɜːɹənt/] - [en] - [en] - [en] < !--i.e. earlier / other dictionaries' /tɜɹ/-->, _sometimes_ [/dɪˈtɛɹənt/]

    *** Adjective

    [en-adj]

    1. Serving to deter , preventing something from happening.

    **** Derived terms

    {{col|en|deterrently|nondeterrent|overdeterrent|phagodeterrent|underdeterrent |deterrence}}

    **** Related terms

    - [en]

    **** Translations

    [serving to deter]

    - Bulgarian: [bg] - Chinese: [zh] - Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] - Finnish: [fi] - French: [fr] - Galician: [gl] , [gl] - German: [de] - Greek: [el] - Italian: [it] - Maori: [mi] - Polish: [pl] - Portuguese: [pt] - Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] [trans-bottom]

    *** Noun

    [en-noun]

    1. Something that deter s. 2. * [en] 3. * [en] 4. * {{ quote-book | en |year=2014 |author=w:Jimmy Carter |chapter=Full Prisons and Legal Killing |title=[A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power] |url=https://archive.org/details/calltoactionwome0000cart/ |publisher=w:Simon & Schuster |ISBN=978-1-4767-7395-7 |OCLC=904254615 |page=38 |pageurl=https://archive.org/details/calltoactionwome0000cart/page/38/ |text=One argument made by proponents of the death penalty is that it is a strong DETERRENT to murder and other violent crimes, but evidence shows just the opposite. Whereas the last execution in Canada took place in 1962, in 2011 there were 598 murders in Canada and 14,610 in the United States.}}

    1. * [en]

    **** Derived terms

    - [en] - [en]

    **** Translations

    [something that deters]

    - Chinese: [zh] , [zh] - Dutch: [nl] - Finnish: [fi] , [fi] - French: [fr] - German: [de] - Hungarian: [hu] - Japanese: [ja] - Maori: [mi] - Polish: [pl] - Russian: [ru] - Scottish Gaelic: [gd] - Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] - Swedish: [sv] , [sv] [trans-bottom]

    [en]

    ** Latin

    *** Verb

    [la]

    1. [la]