deterrer


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de·ter

 (dĭ-tûr′)
tr.v. de·terred, de·ter·ring, de·ters
1. To prevent or discourage from acting, as by means of fear or doubt: threats that did not deter her from speaking out; skin chemicals that deter predators.
2. To prevent or discourage (an action or behavior): installed surveillance cameras to deter vandalism.
3. To make less likely or prevent from happening: protocols to deter infection.

[Latin dēterrēre : dē-, de- + terrēre, to frighten.]

de·ter′ment n.
de·ter′ra·ble adj.
de·ter′rer n.
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deterrer

(dɪˈtɜːrə)
n
a person who or a thing that deters
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Shaping perceptions of the adversary that needs to be deterred would then require the deterrer to understand the motives of the actor who has to be deterred.
La liberation de l'ancien president Laurent Gbagbo pourrait donc servir de voie royale vers une reconciliation nationale si aucune des parties ne cherche a deterrer la hache de guerre mais attendons pour voir...
that eliminates that prospect should give the deterrer high confidence
The target must believe that the "deterrer" will take the threatened action(s).
Because deterrer create fear of punishment in the mind of deterree to manipulate latter's calculations.
Enter Jeff Goldblumrecent dad, ageless fly, alien fighter, dinosaur deterrer. Turns out that Goldblum, who hasn't starred in a Jurassic Park-themed movie since 1997's The Lost World, will be brought back for the sequel to Jurassic World, the Chris Pratt vehicle that grossed $1.67 billion in 2015 even though it was, ya know, a horrible film.
Le ministre de la Culture a appele, jeudi dernier, depuis la Kalaa des Beni Hammad (commune de Maadid), a [beaucoup moins que] relancer les fouilles a travers tous les sites archeologiques, notamment ceux remontant a l'epoque islamique pour deterrer des pans de notre histoire [beaucoup plus grand que].
Le porte-parole du ministere de la Defense nous a par ailleurs indique que l'armee utilise des moyens aeriens et terrestres pour deterrer les poches de terrorisme et le controle des differentes parties du mont Chambi.
The behavior of concern to the deterrer is an attack; hence, deterrence involves the threat to use force in response, as a way of preventing the first use of force by someone else.
Par ailleurs, JC, possedant une intuition tres juste des problemes de sa communaute, eclaire avec la lumiere drue de son intelligence peu raffinee les secrets que personne ne veut deterrer. On peut supposer que si la communaute francophone avait pleinement integre des gens qui, comme lui, agissent comme barometres de la sante de la communaute, elle aurait pu survivre et meme prosperer.