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is deter
verb
To prevent something from happening.
synonyms
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All this would do is deter the likes of Nigerians, the fourth-highest overseas spenders in our shops, while preventing huge numbers of Britons from being able to host their relatives for a wedding or family holiday.
"What [Pearce] wants to do is deter people through attrition so they will leave Arizona," attorney Jose Penalosa, who works with Somos Republicanos, told HuffPost.
"What they're trying to do is deter these very young people who have no criminal record whatsoever from taking that action in the future," Peaceful Uprising Director Flora Bernard said, referring to the different approaches the government has taken with the two groups of protester arrested during Power Shift.
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"They are deterred".
Van Day will not be deterred.
Don't be deterred either.
But don't be deterred.
He can be deterred.
Though not all enthusiasts were deterred.
I would have been deterred.
But will companies be deterred?
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