Definition of "deterrents" [deterrents]

• Plural form of deterrent. (noun)

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• "Third, even if one agrees with the NPR's argument that missile defense can somehow compensate for the deterrence allegedly lost by reducing the nuclear arsenal, an enormous logical flaw persists: The two alleged "deterrents" -- the operational stockpile and missile defenses -- are aimed at different countries and aren't interchangeable."
• "Both the French and the British, though, are keen to point out that they say the nuclear deterrents, that is the deterrence capability, their ability to launch these missiles, was never affected, nor was the security of the nuclear weapons themselves."