as in dissuaded
to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action
we tried to deter him from his crazy scheme, but to no avail
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Recent Examples of deterred
Detroit has taken a number of unique steps that police say have deterred crime, including facilitating the installation of cameras at more than 1,000 gas stations and other businesses in high-crime neighborhoods.
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Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Gone are the calls to boycott elections and the looming terrorist threats which once deterred people from the polls, and many Kashmiris are feeling energized by a wave of 346 independent candidates challenging the region’s traditional parties.
—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
The Police Department even went to court to prevent the public from accessing data on the locations — arguing now that criminals were best deterred by not knowing the locations.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
Not to be deterred, Durant started a bowling alley called the North Flint Recreation Center in 1940 in the shadow of Buick City, a huge GM plant pumping out Buicks on the city’s north side.
—Erin Marquis / Jalopnik, Quartz, 29 Sep. 2024
If Vice President Kamala Harris were to win, her administration would at minimum maintain the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine, given the United States’ critical national security interest in seeing Russia defeated and deterred from further aggression toward Europe.
—Alexander Vindman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2024
Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 2 Oct. 2024
Gone are the calls to boycott elections and the looming terrorist threats which once deterred people from the polls, and many Kashmiris are feeling energized by a wave of 346 independent candidates challenging the region’s traditional parties.
—Fahad Shah, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2024
The Police Department even went to court to prevent the public from accessing data on the locations — arguing now that criminals were best deterred by not knowing the locations.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
Not to be deterred, Durant started a bowling alley called the North Flint Recreation Center in 1940 in the shadow of Buick City, a huge GM plant pumping out Buicks on the city’s north side.
—Erin Marquis / Jalopnik, Quartz, 29 Sep. 2024
If Vice President Kamala Harris were to win, her administration would at minimum maintain the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine, given the United States’ critical national security interest in seeing Russia defeated and deterred from further aggression toward Europe.
—Alexander Vindman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Deterred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deterred. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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