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deter Verb

— If X deters Y from happening, X stops Y, or makes Y less likely. John tried his best to deter the incoming forces invading his base on his game.

deter

— verb (= discourage) try to prevent; show opposition to We should discourage this practice among our youth — verb (= dissuade) turn away from by persuasion Negative campaigning will only dissuade people

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prevent dissuade discourage hinder stop obstruct impede thwart block check scare preclude oppose avert warn trammel restrain inhibit hold back embarrass cross circumvent bar ward off trig stymy stymie stunt stopping-off stopping stifle stem spoil shut scotch retardation retard resist repress remove queer put someone off preempt obviate keep back keep intercept inhibition incapacitate hold up

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Governments relied on the theory of mutually assured destruction to deter an all-out nuclear war, but this strategy will inevitably fail.
Well, let me warn you, nothing is going to deter me from my purpose.
That, I assure you, sir, would not deter me.
So it's possible that oxygen might deter its growth.
Nothing I can say will deter you?
Nothing could deter him from his intent, and one night he carried out his macabre plan.
Note that did not deter Sergeant Mann from shooting them.
As I was saying, to deter you from further disrupting the mission of this unit you shall be confined to your sleeping quarters.
Their deaths will serve to deter others.
You were wise to deter your young friends from approaching.
Judging by the rise in violence, nor does it deter.
Your weapons of deterrence did not deter us from our objective.
Whom does it deter?
Nothing will deter me from it.
As for its lack of atmosphere and water, I don't expect that to deter those of you with a real pioneer spirit.
Do you think a few skulls will deter me from going 100 miles more?
I appeal to the consortium to accept that nothing will deter me!
Do not let that deter you.
Agrimany says that his prosecution was a test case to deter others from entering a potentially very profitable market.
Reioice in it and let no power or persuasion deter you in your task.
Okay, don't let that deter you now.
As punishment and to deter others.
And you may be assured even the unthinkable will not deter me that you want to lay for me.
Of course, that didn't deter a man like Clapperton.
To deter Jacques Prevel from writing something they know has merit.
I have been accused of wrongdoing but these false accusations will not deter us.
Never again will I allow our political self-interest. to deter us from doing what we know to be morally right.
If we create smaller weapons using our torpedoes, and destroy a few of their bioships it may deter them, convince them to give up this war.
All the necessary information. that might deter you gets locked away.
I am a Series 5, long-range tactical armor unit designed to traverse enemy space and circumvent all attempts to deter me.
You can't deter me from doing what must be done.

News and current affairs

Of course, non-state actors are harder to deter, so improved defenses such as pre-emption and human intelligence become important in such cases.
Intentions don't deter invasions.
Will such prosecutions actually deter hard-core racists?
Although Metternich sought to deter any possible French resurgence, he restored France's prewar frontiers.
By contrast, as Henry Kissinger has argued, the victors in World War I could neither deter a defeated Germany nor provide it with incentives to accept the Versailles Treaty.
Just as peace and stability do not always lead to creativity and innovation, fighting and uncertainty do not necessarily deter it.
The counter-argument is that the threat of indictment will deter rulers from wicked behavior.
But the law will deter only if its sanctions are credible.
The League of Nations failed because it could not punish or deter such behavior.
Laws criminalizing the transmission of HIV undermine public health because they deter people who are HIV-positive and those at risk of acquiring the virus from seeking testing, counseling, and treatment.
Governments can hope to deter cyber attacks just as they deter nuclear or other armed attacks.
After all, when nuclear punishment seemed too draconian to be credible, the US adopted a conventional flexible response to add an element of denial in its effort to deter a Soviet invasion of Western Europe.
Because control policies deter children from starting, even greater benefits can be expected beyond 2050.
As to Georgia and Russia, the disproportionate size, weight, and power on one side are enough to deter any return to violence.
Yet this entente could serve as an important strategic instrument to deter China's rising power from sliding into arrogance.
These economic and political risks may be enough to deter current EMU members from deciding to leave.
The semblance of peace on the Korean Peninsula remains fragile, and South Korea's government has engaged in intensive diplomatic efforts to rally friends and partners in the region and worldwide to deter the North.

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