Deterrent is valid Scrabble Word

Is deterrent a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is deterrent valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

9 letters word
10 points in Scrabble
11 points in WWF

Definitions for DETERRENT in dictionary:

NOUN:

something that deters
a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something
a nuclear weapon or weapons system regarded as deterring an enemy from attack
That which deters or prevents.
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

ADJECTIVE:

Words related to DETERRENT

deterrence13 deterrences14 deterrently15 deterrents11

How to use DETERRENT in a sentence

At present, however, I wish to consider it merely as a deterrent to amalgamation.
The principal deterrent to race admixture, however, is the low industrial and social efficiency of the colored race.
Most small creatures were afraid of that snarl, but it had no deterrent effect on Jerry, who continued his steady stalking.
This I knew, and the knowledge had a deterrent effect.
In men who have so little imaginative faculty as these, the possibility of being killed has no more deterrent effect than it has in two dogs or stags fighting for a female.
The tiny craft served mostly as a deterrent, since smugglers and other lawless types avoided any settlement that showed it was ready to defend itself against marauders.
Finally, if all the foregoing arguments be dismissed as fallacious, there still remains the factor of slave prices as a deterrent in certain periods.
The application of Bordeaux mixture is deterrent rather than remedial, and should therefore be made immediately before the disease appears.
The bloodship between the nations is itself the surest deterrent of alliance.
It is clear that Nelson, in his day, did not attach absolute deterrent effect to a fleet in being, even to such an one as the British then had in the Mediterranean.

Punishment in such case, however just, is not deterrent, but avenging.
It was with deep regret that I confirmed these several sentences, but it was necessary that a deterrent example should be made.
Punishments should be remedial, as well as deterrent.
INTENSITY, INVOLVING STRAIN, a deterrent to beautiful singing, 84.
MENTAL DISCORD, a deterrent to beautiful singing, 84.
SELF-REPRESSION, a deterrent to beautiful singing, 84.
The enforcement of such a livery would act as a wholesome deterrent to those intending to enter the Church.
Would Elsa become at fifty-five like her parent? Heaven forbid! But Youth ignores such deterrent probabilities.
But there was a deterrent even to their now limited service.
Meade in his efforts to prevent another breach of the Neutrality Act, also had a deterrent effect on the Fenians, and they became disheartened.
I fear that the forbidding character of the foot-notes served as an effective deterrent to the reading of these articles.
To begin with, there is, of course, the very strong deterrent of rigid punishment for such an offence.
But when a regiment has no traditionary honors to guard, it lacks a powerful deterrent from self-disgrace.
The story is the only deterrent I have from dressing in my white Russian hareskin coat, and sitting in the graveyard some dusky evening.
It is based on the theory that punishment is not only a deterrent to crime, but the main deterrent.
It is probably the most powerful deterrent of all to clear thinking.
If no higher deterrent prevented, pride would protect him from doubtful situations.
A sufficient deterrent to irregular withdrawal of funds is usually found in the loss of interest if deposits are withdrawn at other than stated times.
Perhaps the knowledge that six or seven years of preliminary labor would be necessary was somewhat of a deterrent.
Upon one, even but moderately, versed in the secular arts of twig-liming, such flashes would have acted as an effective warning and deterrent.
With that great deterrent gone our rulers will be gravely at a loss in dealing with strikers and other such discontented people.
When imprisonment has to be resorted to, it must be made a genuine punishment if it is to exercise any effect as a deterrent.
The deterrent effect of short sentences has ceased to operate upon them, and all the symptoms are present that a downright career of crime has begun.
In a previous chapter the deterrent action of punishment on the criminal population has been pointed out.
Is it the end of punishment to act as a deterrent? We are often told from the judicial bench that a man receives a certain sentence as a warning and example to others.

Find what other words can be done using letters: "deterrent"
https://scrabble-word.com/finder/deterrent

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. We do not cooperate with the owners of this trademark. All trademark rights are owned by their owners and are not relevant to the web site "scrabble-word.com". This site is intended for entertainment and training. We try to make a useful tool for all fans of SCRABBLE. "Scrabble Word" is the best method to improve your skills in the game.