Attract and Deter

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Attract verb - Exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away.

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Deter is an antonym for attract in draw attention topic.

Deter verb - To steer (a person) from an activity or course of action.

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Attract is an antonym for deter.

attention	attract attention	deter attention
guy	attract guy	deter guy
people	attract people	deter people
group	attract group	deter group
Other words: interest, someone, amount, anyone, players, fans, bullets, enemies, students, animals, girls.

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