Dissuade and Help

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Dissuade verb - To steer (a person) from an activity or course of action.

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Help is an antonym for dissuade in talk out of topic.

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Dissuade is an antonym for help in aid topic.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

friend	dissuade friend	help friend
party	dissuade party	help party
hero	dissuade hero	help hero
man	dissuade man	help man
Other words: guy, woman, people, children, characters, mother, side, harry, father, anyone, son, kids, players, girls.

Working at a call-in help desk, you have to actively dissuade people from giving you everything from their password to their SSN.

Source: Bavarian Fire Drill
Carlos tries to dissuade her, pointing out that they have survived this far without her help.

Source: Literature / The Magic School Bus
Ismene refuses to help her, fearing the death penalty, but she is unable to dissuade Antigone from going to bury her brother herself.

Source: Due to the Dead

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