Deter and Repress

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Deter

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

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Repress and deter are semantically related in inhibit topic. In some cases you can use "Repress" instead a verb "Deter", when it comes to topics like restrain.

Nearby Words: deterred, deterrence, determent, deterring

Repress

Repress verb - To put a stop to (something) by the use of force.

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Deter and repress are semantically related in inhibit topic. Sometimes you can use "Deter" instead a verb "Repress", if it concerns topics such as restrain.

Nearby Words: repression, repressive, repressing

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Common collocations

activity	deter activity	repress activity
people	deter people	repress people
group	deter group	repress group
interest	deter interest	repress interest
Other words: rebellion, anyone, behavior, efforts.

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