Clues for the word "DETER"
We've had 109 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 807 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on October 13, 2026.
Definition of deter
- v. t. - To prevent by fear; hence, to hinder or prevent from action by fear of consequences, or difficulty, risk, etc.
Referring Clues
- Hold off
- Restrain through intimidation
- Discourage from acting
- Prevent from acting
- Inhibit
- Frighten off
- Hinder
- Discourage
- Dissuade
- Ward off
- Impede
- Intimidate
- Put a damper on
- Block
- Prevent
- Scare off
- Keep (from)
- Stop, perhaps
- Stop
- Dissuade by threat, maybe
- Prevent through intimidation
- Check
- Try to prevent
- Put off
- Fend off
- Frustrate
- Chill
- Steer away
- Give pause to
- Act as a disincentive to
- Get in the way of
- Talk out of
- Dissuade from acting
- Stop from doing
- Thwart
- Block the path of
- A way to discourage
- Construct a roadblock
- Prevent from proceeding
- Be a disincentive to
- Advise against
- Advise against
- Turn aside
- Restrain
- Discourage from proceeding
- Hamper
- Keep (from doing)
- Restrain from acting
- Head off
- Block or dissuade
- Hold up
- Be an obstacle to
- Engage in discouragement
- Try to stop
- Hardly encourage
- Hold back
- Stave off
- Stand in the way of
- Impede the progress of
- Arrest
- Prevent from progressing
- Keep from happening
- Check from an act
- Daunt
- Prevent from doing something
- Attempt to prevent
- Put the brakes on
- Talk out of; discourage
- Hinder the progress of
- Put off in high-altitude terrain
- Cleaners don't have gents to put off
- Discourage, dissuade
- Check temperature inside animal
- Discourage (from)
- Animals eating dirt ultimately put off
- Discourage resolve when setter's missing
- Stop in the shade, terribly hot
- "Will discourage a slimmer", I put in
- Discourage venison suppliers heartlessly!
- Prevent animal swallowing the tin-opener
- Put off some French potatoes
- Put off before Araucaria's to decide
- Prevent by instilling fear
- Cleaners don't have gents to check
- Cleaner man wanted to supply disincentive
- Put off portion of French potatoes
- Stop some French potatoes
- Over time does, for example, hold back
- Put off, I must abandon one dropping pounds
- Discourage alien wearing red woolly
- Discourage Mr Heath's reflection on the monarch
- Discourage TV serial killer, withholding kiss
- Put off by animals ingesting source of tuberculosis
- Put off, in crude terms
- Put off cleaner gent jilted
- Check odd elements of diet theory
- Make think twice
- Forestall
- Discourage animal going round edge of forest
- Prevent via intimidation
- Cleaner doesn't have gent to put off
- Frighten (from)
- Put off changing temperature to Fahrenheit - it's really just the same
- Help prevent
- Nip in the bud
- Discourage 50% of firm
- Intimidate the deer around central Austria
- Hinder animals going around the outback
- Frighten off, as from doing something
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - October 13, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - October 08, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - October 04, 2026
- LA Times - September 30, 2026
- Your Life Choices - September 21, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 16, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - September 11, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - September 03, 2026
- Mirror Daily - September 02, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 31, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 28, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - August 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - August 18, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - August 11, 2026
- Your Life Choices - August 08, 2026
- Your Life Choices - August 07, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - August 06, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - August 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - July 23, 2026
- New York Times - July 09, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - June 28, 2026
- Mirror Daily - June 23, 2026
- LA Times - June 19, 2026
- Daily Quick - June 19, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 16, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - June 04, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - May 21, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - May 19, 2026
- LA Times - April 30, 2026
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