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v. To prevent or discourage from acting, as by means of fear or doubt: "Does negotiated disarmament deter war?” ( Edward Teller). See Synonyms at dissuade.

verb-intransitive. To prevent or discourage the occurrence of an action, as by means of fear or doubt: "It's this edge that gives nuclear weapons their power to deter” ( Thomas Powers).

v. To prevent something from happening.

v. To persuade someone not to do something; to discourage.

v. To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.

To discourage and stop by fear; hence, to stop or prevent from acting or proceeding by any countervailing motive: as, we are often deterred from our duty by trivial difficulties; the state of the road or a cloudy sky may deter a man from undertaking a journey.

Synonyms To hinder, restrain, keep back.

v. turn away from by persuasion

v. try to prevent; show opposition to

"Do not let the Young Adult label deter you either."

deterred    deterring    deters   

reject    disapprove   

deterring    deterred   

deterred    deterring   

restrain    present   

Burr    Fleur    Fur    Kerr    Monsieur    Shir    Sir    Spur    Thur    Ur