deter

Successfully preventing someone from doing something.

Not being difficult to discourage someone.

Used to say that something almost does not deter someone at all.

It is probable that this will deter someone.

It is not probable that this will deter someone.

To be created with the specific purpose of deterring.

To have absolutely no effect in discouraging someone or something.

To have almost no effect in discouraging someone or something.

To make an effort to discourage someone.

Be adequate in power or effect to discourage someone.

A more formal way of saying 'be enough to deter'.

The core grammatical pattern, used to specify what action is being discouraged.