We're trying to deter students from skipping school by rewarding consistent attendance.
Does punishment deter crime?
The rain storm did not deter me from going shopping.
The risk and fear of cancer should be enough to deter anyone from smoking cigarettes.
Barbed wire atop fences deter prisoners from escaping over the fence. A camera outside a business can deter vandalism.
The anti-climb paint should hopefully deter anyone trying to climb over.This zapper will deter any flies.I try to deter people away from the scene.
The death penalty doesn't deter crimes.
No, deter is a verb.
The large fine was meant to deter any would-be violator of the parking restrictions. By placing screen over the vent holes, the homeowner hoped to deter critters from getting into the area under his house.
In order to deter the warlords in Afghanistan, the US Military brought in a massive arsenal of weapons.
A synonym of deter is divert. An antonym of deter is support.
To deter plagiarism the feedback mechanism is a punishment.
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Frank was in a rush to find a cure for the common cold, and when the Ginger ask him up to her place for pizza and a beer he just said no, for he had set him mind to the task at hand and nothing, and I mean nothing was going to stop or deter him.