deterring

Verb

The word is derived from deter

Meaning

of Deter

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One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems dis. Albert Einstein

And now, our submarines are armed with mass murder, our silly, only way of deterring mass murder. John Steinbeck

By making college unaffordable and student loans unbearable, we risk deterring our best and brightest from pursuing higher education and securing a good-paying job. Mark Pocan

Even high security prisoners like Charles Manson are testing positive in prison for illicit drugs... Our laws are not deterring many people from a life of drug abuse and drug trafficking, and if we cannot even keep these drug out of our prisons, how can we expect to keep them out of our communities? James P. Gray

Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of perfect in your mind, you open the door to constantly comparing what you have now with what you want. That type of self criticism is significantly deterring. John Eliot

I believe it is time for the Government urgently to consider deterring the indiscriminate aerial bombardment of civilians in Syria through the willingness to consider the prudent and limited use of force. Jo Cox

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