Both Uses of
deter
in
Not Without My Daughter
- Undeterred, Moody boasted to the baker, "She decorates cakes!"†
undeterred = not preventedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undeterred means not and reverses the meaning of deterred. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Horrible as the raids were, we found that life continued anyway, and the threat of the Iraqi Air Force could not deter Iran from its celebration.
*deter = prevent
Definition:
try to prevent; or prevent