Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred; a cause of hindrance; that which deters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of deterring; also, that which deters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the act of
deterring ;deterrence
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a communication that makes you afraid to try something
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Examples
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We chose to capitalize ourselves that way in fact to expand our equity base over the past year, as a sign of strength given the uncertainty of the credit markets, one strategy other companies have pursued to their determent has been the borrow long
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We chose to capitalize ourselves that way in fact to expand our equity base over the past year, as a sign of strength given the uncertainty of the credit markets, one strategy other companies have pursued to their determent has been the borrow long
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It has always been speculated that the emergence of Latino voter activity would be to the determent of the conservative movement and this direct attempt to ask those voters to stay home is proof positive that the right believes the speculation to be accurate.
Mario Solis-Marich: Suppression of the Empire -- Robert Deposada's Adventure Mario Solis-Marich 2010
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This man is so creepy, weird and sneaky that anything he says represents pro israel FIRST to the determent of America.
Think Progress » Lieberman Gets A Chuckle Out Of Peddling Far-Right Nuke Myth 2010
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It has always been speculated that the emergence of Latino voter activity would be to the determent of the conservative movement and this direct attempt to ask those voters to stay home is proof positive that the right believes the speculation to be accurate.
Mario Solis-Marich: Suppression of the Empire -- Robert Deposada's Adventure Mario Solis-Marich 2010
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This man is so creepy, weird and sneaky that anything he says represents pro israel FIRST to the determent of America.
Think Progress » Lieberman Gets A Chuckle Out Of Peddling Far-Right Nuke Myth 2010
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If this serves as a determent to more people crossing into the state it will have done its job.
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Alright troll boy, Do YOU think Tancredo is a determent to the ‘Bagger’ Party?
Think Progress » Armey Accuses ‘Destructive’ Tancredo Of ‘Alienating’ Hispanics 2010
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It has always been speculated that the emergence of Latino voter activity would be to the determent of the conservative movement and this direct attempt to ask those voters to stay home is proof positive that the right believes the speculation to be accurate.
Mario Solis-Marich: Suppression of the Empire -- Robert Deposada's Adventure Mario Solis-Marich 2010
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"The intel community has successfully insulated themselves from that kind of scrutiny to the determent of taxpayers and we aren't getting oversight of the substantial amount of money we're spending on intelligence," Miller said in a phone interview.
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