Sentence examples for it was deterrence from inspiring English sources

It was deterrence -- mutual assured destruction -- that provided this inhuman form of security.

The tactic is deterrence.

That doctrine is deterrence.

The first is deterrence.

The other half is deterrence.

"There has to be deterrence.

This is deterrence, not aggression.

A key purpose of the insider-trading prosecutions is deterrence.

There is deterrence — this is what awaits you if you transgress.

"What we're trying to accomplish is deterrence," Mr. Bharara said.

The goals of criminal law used to be deterrence, punishment and incapacitating violent offenders.