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
Even with the recent lull in ticket sales from Chinese releases, studios aren’t deterred from launching titles in the region.
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Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
Squirrels find the rhizome roots distasteful and are deterred by the highly perfumed scent of the blooms.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
Other administrations have been thoroughly deterred by Iran.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Concert organizers are not deterred from moving forward with the upcoming season, which is set to kick off on June 7 with the DJ Williams Band, City Park Jazz officials said in a statement.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
So the primary objective is to basically create the conditions under which Israel and the United States are deterred from committing an act of aggression against Iran ever again.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
But the frequency with which these scams are occurring — spurred by the ease of making and disseminating AI music — suggests scammers aren’t exactly deterred by paltry royalty payouts.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
The Berlinale‘s public audiences were not deterred by the polemics in the background.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
Safi said he was not deterred, despite a disturbing incident in which Garner showed Safi his gun collection in a way that Safi interpreted as menacing.
—Jc Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 22 Mar. 2026
Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
Squirrels find the rhizome roots distasteful and are deterred by the highly perfumed scent of the blooms.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026
Other administrations have been thoroughly deterred by Iran.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Concert organizers are not deterred from moving forward with the upcoming season, which is set to kick off on June 7 with the DJ Williams Band, City Park Jazz officials said in a statement.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
So the primary objective is to basically create the conditions under which Israel and the United States are deterred from committing an act of aggression against Iran ever again.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2026
But the frequency with which these scams are occurring — spurred by the ease of making and disseminating AI music — suggests scammers aren’t exactly deterred by paltry royalty payouts.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
The Berlinale‘s public audiences were not deterred by the polemics in the background.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 24 Mar. 2026
Safi said he was not deterred, despite a disturbing incident in which Garner showed Safi his gun collection in a way that Safi interpreted as menacing.
—Jc Hallman, Oklahoma Watch, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deterred
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She wasn’t dissuaded two years later — and mid-renovation — when a $475 million Target distribution center was announced for the small city, creating an industrial foothold in a mostly agrarian area.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Trump could have dissuaded the Israelis once again.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2026
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According to that agreement, West’s lawyer and government prosecutors agreed that the conspiracy’s goal was to interfere in the campaign of Mobolade’s opponent and create the belief that Mobolade was being discouraged from running because of his race.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Excessive drinking—which often resulted in mischief and vandalism—was discouraged, with newspapers calling for greater discipline, regulation, and surveillance.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Deterred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deterred. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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