Deter and Throw

Deter

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

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Throw and deter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Throw" instead a verb "Deter".

Throw verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.

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Deter and throw are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deter" instead a verb "Throw".

Nearby Words: thrown, throwing, thrower

attack	deter attack	throw attack
people	deter people	throw people
someone	deter someone	throw someone
opponent	deter opponent	throw opponent
Other words: fireball, enemies.

In Stripperella, after Pushy Galore expended all of her ammunition, she proceeded to throw all SIX of her pistols (she's a genetic physicist with six arms) at Stripperella at once to deter her, but to no avail.

Source: Throw-Away Guns
In a promo before the match, Trips went for an Author's Saving Throw by saying that when he said all of those things about Booker, he wasn't talking about him being black, but that didn't do much to deter the implications.

Source: The Bad Guy Wins / Professional Wrestling

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