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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

de·ter / diˈtər/ • v. (-terred , -ter·ring ) [tr.] discourage (someone) from doing something, typically by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences: only a health problem would deter him from seeking reelection. ∎ prevent the occurrence of: strategists think not only about how to deter war, but about how war might occur.

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deter

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

deter XVI. — L. dēterrēre, f. DE- 2 + terrēre frighten.
So deterrent XIX.

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deter

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

deter •à deux, agent provocateur, astir, auteur, aver, bestir, blur, bon viveur, burr, Chandigarh, coiffeur, concur, confer, connoisseur, cordon-bleu, cri de cœur, cur, danseur, Darfur, defer, demur, de rigueur, deter, entrepreneur, er, err, farceur, faute de mieux, fir, flâneur, Fleur, force majeure, fur, hauteur, her, infer, inter, jongleur, Kerr, littérateur, longueur, masseur, Monseigneur, monsieur, Montesquieu, Montreux, murre, myrrh, occur, pas de deux, Pasteur, per, pisteur, poseur, pot-au-feu, prefer, prie-dieu, pudeur, purr, raconteur, rapporteur, refer, répétiteur, restaurateur, saboteur, sabreur, seigneur, Sher, shirr, sir, skirr, slur, souteneur, spur, stir, tant mieux, transfer, Ur, vieux jeu, voyageur, voyeur, were, whirr

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