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deterrability

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de⋅ter

  [di-tur]
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–verb (used with object), -terred, -ter⋅ring.
1. to discourage or restrain from acting or proceeding: The large dog deterred trespassers.
2. to prevent; check; arrest: timber treated with creosote to deter rot.
Origin:
1570–80; < L dēterrēre to prevent, hinder, equiv. to dē- de- + terrēre to frighten

Related forms:
de⋅ter⋅ment, noun
de⋅ter⋅ra⋅ble, adjective
de⋅ter⋅ra⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
de⋅ter⋅rer, noun
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Word Origin & History

deter 
1579, from L. deterrere, from de- "away" + terrere "frighten." Deterrent is from 1829.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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