Attack and Discourage

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Attack verb - To take sudden, violent action against.

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Discourage and attack are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Attack".

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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Attack and discourage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a verb "Discourage".

men	attack men	discourage men
someone	attack someone	discourage someone
anyone	attack anyone	discourage anyone
player	attack player	discourage player
Other words: humans, units, players, opponents, enemies, heroes, survivors.

Killing your mercs intentionally by having them attack each other or blow themselves up will discourage new mercs from joining you and prevent you from collecting their life insurance.

Source: Video Game Cruelty Punishment
It was originally envisaged to discourage the Soviet Union from getting too expansionist in Europe, as any attack on a NATO country would draw every other member into the war — most notably, the United States and its nuclear arsenal.

Source: Attack on One Is an Attack on All
Also, most of the boss battles have attack patterns that discourage button-mashing in favor of specific magics or timed blocks.

Source: Button Mashing

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