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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Outside government, too, a network of U.S. scholars, think tank researchers, activists, and former officials that support nonproliferation have engaged in parallel Track II dialogues with South Korean elites in an attempt to dissuade them from nuclearization.
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Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
With such an unstable organization, this could dissuade Vrabel from pursuing a head-coaching gig with New York.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Both times Biden was dissuaded by Democratic leaders from seeking the presidency, deferring to Hillary Clinton in 2016 and then passing the baton to Harris this year, Trump won the White House.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
Families who have left the ministries hope their stories will dissuade others from joining.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
With such an unstable organization, this could dissuade Vrabel from pursuing a head-coaching gig with New York.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Both times Biden was dissuaded by Democratic leaders from seeking the presidency, deferring to Hillary Clinton in 2016 and then passing the baton to Harris this year, Trump won the White House.
—W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
Families who have left the ministries hope their stories will dissuade others from joining.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Dissuade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissuade. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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