Synonyms for deterring
de·ter·ring

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1. List of paraphrases for "deterring":

   discouraging, deterrence, discourage, dissuading, deter, deterrent

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1. Gregory Poling:

   What we've seen over and over in the last years, China is unwilling to risk activities that threaten deadly force, it is possible to deter them. We'll have to keep deterring them over and over. That is the test for next 10 to 15 years in this game of whack-a-mole until the Chinese decide that this is not the way to do international relations.

2. Katie Waldman:

   Walls have proven to be extremely effective at deterring illegal entries and the smuggling of illicit drugs into the United States.

3. Subodh Chandra:

   Fat chance of this absurd discipline deterring anyone from anything other than continued incompetence and indifference, that the dispatcher still has her job when a child is dead speaks volumes about accountability in Cleveland.

4. Sarah Isgur Flores:

   Until the new US attorneys are confirmed, the dedicated career prosecutors in our US attorney's offices will continue the great work of the department in investigating, prosecuting, and deterring the most violent offenders.

5. Jasmine Opperman:

   Boko Haram is now part and parcel of theISIS-aligned international jihadist threat, any deterring operation will have to take into account Boko Haram, and that means greater international involvement in an area already overwhelmed by foreign presence and interests.