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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
deter .
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In turn, the United States will be deterred from the use of conventional forces in such a scenario.
Asia 2010
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In turn, the United States will be deterred from the use of conventional forces in such a scenario.
Stromata Blog 2010
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In turn, the United States will be deterred from the use of conventional forces in such a scenario.
Stromata Blog: 2010
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Nor was Palin deterred by the fact she had five kids at home, including an infant with special needs.
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In turn, the United States will be deterred from the use of conventional forces in such a scenario.
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As Alfred Nobel finally discerned, people are never deterred from the folly of war by the stark terror of it.
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They joined up to these Parties at a time when Commnunist Parties held down the whole of Eastern Europe and Russia by brute force AND threatened us with destruction unless we 'deterred' them with nuclear weapons.
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They would be "deterred" from ever beginning a nuclear war.
Secretary of Defense Weinberger's Letter of August 23 Weinberger, Caspar W. 1982
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(Syria), during which time she was "deterred" from writing her thesis by the Secret Police!!
TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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They've "deterred" an entire generation of teens, most everybody who's a real music fan, anybody interested in technological innovation, Internet-freedom advocates, public-domain advocates, etc. etc. at nauseum - from ever respecting, trusting, or valuing what they do ever again.
p2pnet news 2009
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