抑よく止し力りょく

noun

deterrence; deterrent power

Refers to the capacity to prevent an adversary from taking an unwanted action, especially in military or strategic contexts.

• 核かく兵へい器きは強きょう力りょくな抑よく止し力りょくとして機き能のうしている。

  Nuclear weapons function as a powerful deterrent.

• 警けい察さつの存そん在ざいが犯はん罪ざいの抑よく止し力りょくになる。

  The presence of police serves as a deterrent to crime.