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Discover LudwigThe phrase "deter by" is correct and commonly used in written English.
You can use "deter by" when describing an action that prevents or discourages someone from doing something. It implies that the deterrent is the reason for their hesitation or change in behavior. Example: The high security measures at the bank deterred robbers by making it difficult for them to gain entry.
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We are not used to having enemies who will attack us on our own ground, and whom we cannot deter by the threat of retaliation.
"They do an excellent job of trying to deter by bluster," said Bruce Bennett, a North Korea expert with the Rand Corp., a research organization.
The historical event in question is the attempt to deter by smearing a broad-based, popular, American anti-high-tax, anti-big-central government movement as likely to induce seditious violence against the government.
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Negatively, criminals will be deterred by jail.
We are not deterred by dead ends.
But I was always deterred by fear.
Don't be deterred by the title.
Howden is not deterred by the competition.
We were not deterred by events".
Kelly, however, isn't deterred by a challenge.
"Don't be deterred by the intimidation, don't be deterred by the screaming, don't be deterred by the political mountain you have to climb," he said.
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