Activate and Dissuade

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Activate verb - To cause to function.

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Dissuade is an antonym for activate in start a function topic.

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

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Activate is an antonym for dissuade.

attack	activate attack	dissuade attack
side	activate side	dissuade side

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Dissuade and Activate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/activate/dissuade

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