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deterred

[ dih-turd ]

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adjective

discouraged or restrained from acting or proceeding:
A visible thief is a deterred thief, so installing motion-sensing lights on your property helps to protect it.
kept from happening; prevented or checked:
Assuming that those 79,000 deterred property crimes have an average cost of $1,900 each, that’s a savings of over $150 million.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of deter ( def ).

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of deterred¹

deter ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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Even with the recent setbacks, however, Swagrman said he will not be deterred from his mission of spreading love and unity.

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Speaking with a hint of a European accent and resounding optimism about the future, Hartvigsen doesn’t seem deterred by the US competitive landscape or political headwinds.

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Turkish authorities have banned public gatherings, but this has not deterred protesters.

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But these efforts so far have not deterred demonstrators.

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Elsewhere in his conversation with Evans, Hart opened up about the one incident that forever deterred him from doing his own stunts.

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deterministic deterrence

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