existence / being; entity

exist

deterrence, discouragement, restraint

deter, discourage, restrain, check, inhibit

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

strength / power / force

war (conflict involving organized use of arms)

to wage war