deter
/dɪˈtɜːr/ verb [T] (present participle deterring, past tense and past participle deterred)Definition
› to make someone less likely to do something, or to make something less likely to happen: We have introduced new security measures to deter shoplifters. [+ from + doing sth] Higher fuel costs could deter people from driving their cars.
(Definition of deter verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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