The streets are mean, the temples ineffective, and though a few fine houses exist they are hidden away in gardens or down alleys whose filth deters all but the invited guest.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India
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Merriam-Webster
— to turn aside, discourage, or prevent from acting
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Macmillan
— to make someone decide not to do something
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Collins
— To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
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Other Word Forms
deter
deterred
deterring
Usage
1 use of ‘deters’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster