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— English words —

• deterrence n. The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
• deterrence n. Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.
• deterrence n. The art of producing in one’s enemy the fear of attacking.
• deterrence n. The action of discouraging an action or event by instilling doubt or fear of the penalty or punishment.

— English words, defined in French —

• deterrence n. Dissuasion.
• deterrence n. (En particulier) Dissuasion militaire.

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• deterrence s. Disuasión.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• deterrence s. Deterrência.

— In French —

• déterrence n.f. Dissuasion nucléaire.

30 English words from 4 English definitions

act action against alliances art attacking being deterred deterring discouraging doubt enemy equally event fear hostile in␣one instilling nations one penalty powerful prevent producing punishment state state␣of␣being states taken the

1 English word from 5 foreign definitions

Dissuasion

6 foreign words from 5 foreign definitions

Deterrência Disuasión En␣particulier militaire nucléaire particulier

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

deterrences

5 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

overdeterrence phagodeterrence underdeterrence finite␣deterrence focused␣deterrence

22 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

det Det DET det. Det. Dete deter Deter deterr enc -ence err Err. ren REN -ren ter TER ter- terr Terr. Terrence

11 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

err Err. ner NER -ner- ret Ret. rete ted Ted TED

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

recentered

2 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

decrementer deterrences

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

recentred reentered reëntered re-entered reerected re-erected

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

detergence deterrency

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