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de•ter•rence



Pronunciation: (di-tûr'uns, -tur'-, -ter'-), [key]
—n.
the act of deterring, esp. deterring a nuclear attack by the capacity or threat of retaliating.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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