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dissuade English

Meaning dissuade meaning

What does dissuade mean?

dissuade

— verb turn away from by persuasion Negative campaigning will only dissuade people

Synonyms dissuade synonyms

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dissuade English » English

deter discourage advise against persuade warn stop prevent avert undermine talk out of suggest restrain remove remonstrate refuse permission put off propound prompt oppose keep from instigate inspire inhale infuse induce hint hinder forbid expostulate dismay disincline discredit convince block aspirate againt advise advance

Topics dissuade topics

What do people use dissuade to talk about?
Language and thought Want Influence

Persuade

  • What words refer to persuading someone not to do something?
    dissuade
Language and thought Want Influence

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Conjugation dissuade conjugation

How do you conjugate dissuade?

dissuade · verb

Examples dissuade examples

How do I use dissuade in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Yesterday, a young missionary was at my front door, but I was not able to dissuade him from his faith.
I'm not going to dissuade you from going up that mountain. Just watch out for the yetis.
She tried to dissuade him from participating in the project.
I tried to dissuade my daughter-in-law, but she didn't listen to me.
He tried to dissuade her.
She tried to dissuade him.

Movie subtitles

I tried to dissuade him as much as I could, but you know how stubborn he is.
These people want war. We hope that you will dissuade them.
Is there nothing I can say to dissuade you from this foolhardy scheme?
Let me dissuade you from any such folly.
I tried to dissuade her but it would be inconvenient if I were forced to leave because of her father.
Are you afraid she'll dissuade you from leaving?
And I'll keep on trying to dissuade you every step of the way from continuing with this project.
I am sure it would be no use trying to dissuade him.
Do everything in your power to dissuade him from it, Helene.
I still wish I could dissuade you.
The count, our benefactor, is here himself to dissuade you.
Why didn't you try to dissuade him?
Nothing I can say to dissuade you? No.
Is there nothing I can do to dissuade you from this?
And I don't let it dissuade me that Alraune is behind this.
I made that up to dissuade her from leaving.
I'd hoped we could dissuade him.
You will be provided with a recording translating device in hopes that a chronicle of this contest will serve to dissuade others of your kind from entering our system, but you will not be permitted to communicate with your ship.
Can find no record that embassy tried to dissuade him from handing over classified material.
She cannot dissuade you?
No power in heaven or earth can dissuade me.
It was very difficult to dissuade her.
Another reason why I'm counting on you to dissuade your father.
Gentlemen, I have attempted to dissuade you from this wayward behavior.
I trust you can dissuade my cousin from any thoughtless action.
Is there no way to dissuade you from this wedding?
I wanted to dissuade my mother.
The count, our benefactor, is here himself to dissuade you. Isn't that so?
Nothing I can say to dissuade you?
I had been pressured to dissuade you by all possible means.
Go, dissuade him from this unfortunate action.
My father tried to dissuade her.
His father's remonstrance couldn't dissuade him from whatever he was intent on doing.
Don't dissuade her - what she's doing is natural!

News and current affairs

In 1977, when I served in President Jimmy Carter's State Department, I was sent to India to dissuade that country's leaders from developing a nuclear bomb.
They just might dissuade politicians who are bereft of ideas from indulging in pet projects that lead nowhere.
Unilateral announcement of troop reductions in Europe and Asia, where US forces primarily serve (as in South Korea) to dissuade aggression, can only be seen as a corollary of this tendency.
Invoking pragmatism to justify continued human rights violations in Cuba merely because economic reforms might dissuade a mass exodus to Mexico and Florida is a bad idea.
It seems right for these states to use pressure to dissuade Iran and North Korea from imposing new risks on the world.
Rather, US policy is to use economic interdependence and China's full integration into international institutions to dissuade its leaders from aggressively seeking Asian hegemony.
They should initiate a dialogue with the North and take steps to dissuade Kim from continuing on his path of antagonism.
And it would not dissuade governments intent on pursuing unsustainable monetary and fiscal policies financed by external borrowing.
So how is it possible that the international community remains incapable of responding effectively to dissuade Burma's military rulers from escalating the force that they have begun to unleash in Rangoon and its Buddhist temples?

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