deterring
Keeping at bay
Deterring is discouraging or preventing action through fear of consequences.
A security system deters burglars; nuclear weapons deter attacks by threatening retaliation.
The high cost is deterring potential buyers.
The effect works through intimidation or making the action seem not worth the risk.
Causing loss of confidence
- dissuadingAdvising against action
- disincentivizingMaking something less attractive
- off-puttingCausing mild aversion
- dauntingDiscouraging through difficulty
unappealing · uninviting · repelling · aversive · demoralizing · disheartening · dispiriting · unenticing
Stopping before occurrence
- blockingImpeding forward progress
- stoppingCeasing to continue
- thwartingObstructing intended outcomes
- forestallingPreventing by prior action
precluding · averting · obstructing · impeding · hindering · barring · warding · fending
Punitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- brinkmanshipPushing conflicts to disaster's threshold
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
Expressing intent to harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- fearsomeCausing intense alarm
- frighteningInspiring terror or alarm
- alarmingProvoking fear or anxiety
terrifying · scary · hostile · coercive · bullying · browbeating · cowing · unnerving
Protecting against harm
- guardingActively protecting something
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
- securingMaking firmly fixed
fortifying · buffering · insulating · sheltering · armoring · patrolling · watchkeeping · policing
discouraging
Causing loss of confidence
- dissuadingAdvising against action
- disincentivizingMaking something less attractive
- off-puttingCausing mild aversion
daunting · unappealing · uninviting · repelling · aversive · demoralizing · disheartening · dispiriting · unenticing · rebuffing
preventing
Stopping before occurrence
forestalling · precluding · averting · obstructing · impeding · hindering · barring · warding · fending · staving
sanctions
Punitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- brinkmanshipPushing conflicts to disaster's threshold
threatening
Expressing intent to harm
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- fearsomeCausing intense alarm
- frighteningInspiring terror or alarm
alarming · terrifying · scary · hostile · coercive · bullying · browbeating · cowing · unnerving · rattling
defending
Protecting against harm
- guardingActively protecting something
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- safeguardingPreventing harm or loss
securing · fortifying · buffering · insulating · sheltering · armoring · patrolling · watchkeeping · policing · screening
- driving awayrepelling, banishing, forcing out, warding off, fending off
- overwhelmingoverwhelming, overpowering, crushing, engulfing, smothering
deterringencouraging
Giving confidence or hope
inciting · promoting · spurring · provoking · instigating
deterringencouraging
Giving confidence or hope
emboldening · heartening · inspiring · reassuring · incentivizing
deterringencouraging
Giving confidence or hope
facilitating · permitting · enabling · allowing · promoting
deter, intimidate, deterrent, indeterminate, deterrence, deterred, deters, undeterred