Deterrent

Adjective

 * 1) Serving to deter, preventing something from happening

Noun

 * 1) Something that deters.

Derived terms

 * nuclear deterrent

Thesaurus
admonishing, admonitory, alarming, awing, bar, block, blockade, bottleneck, catch, cautionary, cautioning, check, chill, chilling, cold water, cordon, curtain, damp, damper, daunting, determent, deterring, difficulty, disconcerting, discouragement, discouraging, disheartening, disincentive, disinclining, dismaying, disquieting, dissuading, dissuasion, dissuasive, drawback, exemplary, expostulatory, fear-inspiring, fearful, fearsome, forbidding, forestalling, frightening, frightful, hang-up, hazard, hindrance, hitch, hurdle, impediment, intimidating, joker, monitorial, monitory, notificational, notifying, objection, obstacle, obstruction, obstructive, one small difficulty, overawing, preclusive, preventative, preventive, prohibitive, prophylactic, rub, scaring, scary, snag, startling, stumbling block, stumbling stone, warning, wet blanket

Adjective

 * Bulgarian: предпазен


 * French: ,

Noun

 * Finnish: pelote, pidäke
 * French:


 * Hungarian: elrettentő
 * Scottish Gaelic: