"deter" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Administration officials insisted today that their focus now was to deter Iraq from mounting a new invasion and to defend against such an attack if it should occur.
- The Pentagon officials acknowledged that the retaliatory strikes had not deterred Iraq from firing on the allied planes.
- But the official said the gulf nations later saw the request as a sign that the Washington was committed to assembling a large military presence in the region to deter Iraq.
- But deterrence worked, and America surely has the power to deter Iraq as well.
- Britain reacted strongly to Iraq's claim and sent troops to Kuwait to deter Iraq.
- And the United States would undoubtedly provide them with arms necessary to deter Iraq.
- Meanwhile, the same editorial warned against invading Iraq on the grounds that "there may be no way to deter Iraq from using unconventional weapons against American forces.
- That sure sounds like an effort to deter Iraq.
- Whatever tactic is used, there may be no way to deter Iraq from using unconventional weapons against American forces.
- Whether they are doing so to deter Iraq, or whether they mean it - and, if so, what would it take to provoke Israel into action - are open questions.
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