to deter
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5.6
- verb
- /dɪˈtɜr/
:
disuadir (a alguien) de
- The new security cameras were installed to deter thieves from robbing the store.
- arrests deter crime
- deter attacks
- deter threats
And still, if that doesn't deter us, then they're they're real worried.
- And still, if that doesn't deter us, then they're they're real worried.
- It it would deter more men from coming to them.
- And those things don't seem to have deterred your pursuit of that mission.
- But none of these guys have been deterred in their careers.
- That's how you'd deter the Allies in future.
- Can I use lockup long term contracts like that to deter entry by rivals?
- And not many professors here will testify that you can deter a non state organization.
- That's why they made the law that way so it won't deter tourism.
- We wanted to frighten them, to constrain or deter the United States with respect to Cuba.
- Imagine instead that we wanted to deter employers from hiring undocumented workers.
- It's the scent that is given off through the onion that deters the carrot fly.
- But there is a clear correlation between the presence of policing and deterring violence.
Examples
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There, even the snow could not deter us from breaking our records.
Fiction book (1996) -
Events of the past week should not deter any of you who are idealistic young people from moving on, from moving up.
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And if it's about to happen, maybe a police presence will deter it.
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That would certainly deter me from signing up.
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As with all law enforcement, the real aim of border enforcement is to deter illegal acts.
Academic text (2011) -
Violation carries a prison term of up to five years, but this does not deter many people.
Academic text (2008) -
I had been called, and nothing would deter me from my vocation.
Fiction book (1996) -
Imagine instead that we wanted to deter employers from hiring undocumented workers.
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Stiffer penalties have not worked to deter crime, and justice is routinely subverted.
Fiction book (1997) -
That particular corporation offers individual vessels that will serve as escorts to prohibit, or to deter, pirate attacks.
Synonyms
∞
2.3
Stop something from happening or someone from doing it
294
4.9
To frighten someone so they do what you want
257
3.5
To try to stop something by making people less willing to do it
47
2.5
Make a person or animal go away because they are afraid
35
6.0
To try to stop someone from doing something by talking to them
20
4.3
Make someone lose interest in doing something
11
6.3
Make someone unable to act naturally or show feelings
1
3.3
To make someone or something go away by making them afraid
1
2.8
To make people or animals go away by scaring them
To make someone not want to do something
Antonyms
How Discouraging
Surface Forms
Etymology
Deter comes from Latin parts de- meaning 'away' and terrere meaning 'to frighten'. So, to deter someone is to 'frighten away' a person or action, which is why it now means 'to discourage or prevent' by fear.