as in to discourage
to steer (a person) from an activity or course of action
tried to dissuade her from her intention to drop out of college
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Recent Examples of dissuade
But that hasn’t dissuaded wealthy Middle Eastern investors from pouring more money into its funds.
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Monica Hunter-Hart, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Sumpter was charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors, including assault likely to produce great bodily injury, battery with serious bodily injury and dissuading a witness, Butte County public records show.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Which means the team can find plenty of buyers willing to fill the void if there are any longtime Broncomaniacs dissuaded from paying for a PSL.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
Kirk's outspokenness helped dissuade those fears.
—Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
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The purpose of natural rat repellents is to discourage them from returning, rather than trapping or killing them.—
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Chinese regulators are now discouraging domestic tech giants from buying Nvidia chips, the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed sources.—
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Pistorius warned that 39 Chinese and Russian reconnaissance satellites were flying over Germany transmitting real-time surveillance data and said NATO allies needed to develop offensive capabilities needed to be developed in space to deter any threat.—
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Advocacy groups argue that such arrests could deter qualified individuals from participating in critical emergency services.—
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“Dissuade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissuade. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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