Example sentences for: deterrence

How can you use “deterrence” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • If his aim was to prevent a nuclear confrontation between Pakistan and India, then "the same purpose would obviously be achieved by allowing Pakistan to conduct the tests so that the principle of mutual nuclear deterrence would automatically come into force and nuclear confrontation can be ruled out for ever."

  • Conservatives used to defend this concept (which they called "deterrence") when it was preached and practiced by President Reagan.

  • The 1986 attack in Libya and the 1993 attack on Iraq symbolized for the military establishment effective use of military power for counterterrorism- limited retaliation with air power, aimed at deterrence.

  • The SEC tries to create deterrence and be measured in imposing sanctions.

  • Defense, they argue, rests on deterrence, which rests on credibility in threatening the use of force, which rests on the use of force when challenged.


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