verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attack
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The main aim of cruise missiles is to deter an attack .
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Field experiments have proved that this startle display does indeed deter attacks from small birds.
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I very much hope that in the future that will deter similar attacks which are a blot on our country.
people
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There were warning signs now to deter people from going farther.
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But your job is not to deter people from having meetings, merely to ensure that the necessary ones are fully productive.
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How far does the knowledge that the state will tax away high salaries deter people from entering high-earning and demanding jobs?
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Mr Waddington believes that the death penalty would offer the public protection in deterring some people from murder.
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Attempts to toughen the system by introducing a compulsory voucher system have done little to deter people .
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They also said they deterred other people from visiting the town.
■ VERB
design
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The gunfire that rattled from the house was not designed to deter .
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Punitive damages are designed to punish and deter misconduct.
fail
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If this fails to deter the enemy, the possum promptly drops dead.
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Indeed, even colossal traffic jams, for all their cost in wasted time, have failed to deter motorists.
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The snobberies of the members and officers of the club intimidate but fail to deter Anton.
seem
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None of this seems to have deterred the stallholders of central Bangkok.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It is not clear whether the death penalty deters crime.
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The new alarm system should deter car thieves.
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The unpleasant taste the drug produces is used to deter alcoholics from drinking.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After all, how can it deter when few are noticing?
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But true salesmen are unlikely to be deterred by mere realism.
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Furthermore, there is great danger that people from such backgrounds will be deterred from applying for educational courses in the future.
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Neither was deterred by the fact that the inevitable visceral animus they are fueling among voters has five more months to fester.
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Punitive damages are designed to punish and deter misconduct.
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Set too low, it would do little to deter speculation in the event of a crisis.
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Their very oddity deterred him from doing so.
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This path isolates me well from casual visitors, but true friends are not deterred.