Dissuading

Word DISSUADING
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Definitions and meanings of "Dissuading"

What do we mean by dissuading?

To convince not to try or do.

To convince (someone) not to do something Urban Dictionary

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The word "dissuading" in example sentences

If someone does have euthenasia, it should be after they succeed in dissuading their doctors, not because their doctors succeed in persuading them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(In fact the hotel owner, who survived the genocide, later acknowledged that phone calls from Washington played a key role in dissuading the killers from massacring the inhabitants of the hotel.) ❋ Unknown (2001)

I know first hand about the stupid social forces which often succeed in dissuading bright girls and boys from pursuing their childhood interest in geeky pursuits like science and maths, so it’s great to read ideas on how to let your kids know that geeky is ok. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now mind, I am not coming to Brookroyd with the idea of dissuading ❋ Clement King Shorter (1891)

But Aunt Lucy was the most unselfish of living creatures, and the idea of dissuading Paul from a course which he felt was right never occurred to her. ❋ Horatio Alger (1865)

Zouabi believes the incident was clearly aimed to prevent him from carrying out his interview with Bouebdelli, who had to catch a flight at 6: 00 p.m., but also "it is a clear message addressed to me with the idea of dissuading me from continuing my work with Radio Kalima," he said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

An arrest warrant issued in August, when Mendiola was transferred to ICE custody, lists seven convictions between 1996 and 2003, including two for assault with a deadly weapon and one for "dissuading" a witness, all in California. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"Discounting any career or occupation as less than a real job can have significant outcomes, such as dissuading a student who wants to be a full-time stay-at-home parent or join the Peace Corps. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When a women pointblank tells me she doesn't want to hear about young feminists, me basically, it is dissuading to hear that mine or others opinions aren't valid because we weren't there at the begining of the movement and our generation doesn't know how to do anything. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Are we capturing, killing or deterring and dissuading more terrorists every day than the madrassas and the radical clerics are recruiting, training and deploying against us? ❋ Unknown (2011)

By repeating the accusation that SFF is a closed world, they're firming it up in the collective unconcious and dissuading some from trying it for themselves. ❋ Lou Anders (2009)

But he has little chance of dissuading the government from its attempt to beef up the FA's role as regulator. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Do you think this change of tactic by the National Park Service will be effective in dissuading others from attending? ❋ Jerry Cope (2011)

The players could decertify the union, a move that would allow them to file an antitrust lawsuit against the owners in the hope of dissuading the owners from locking them out. ❋ Mark Maske (2011)

One would think the policy of dissuading the private sector from doing business with Iran would apply first and foremost to Germany's own central bank. ❋ Abraham H. Foxman (2011)

The journey is not unpleasant, but it takes the better part of a day, thus dissuading many of the sun-starved tourists from northern Europe descending en masse on Thailand at this time of year. ❋ Emma-Kate Symons (2011)

I [tried] to dissuade her from her intention [to drop] [out of college]. ❋ Adrianna Lazaro (2015)

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