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past tense of deter
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to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action
- we tried to deter him from his crazy scheme, but to no avail
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“Deterred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deterred. Accessed 18 Jan. 2022.
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