Attract and Dissuade

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Attract verb - Exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away.

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Dissuade is an antonym for attract in draw attention topic.

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

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Attract is an antonym for dissuade.

man	attract man	dissuade man
guy	attract guy	dissuade guy
woman	attract woman	dissuade woman
people	attract people	dissuade people
Other words: children, characters, anyone, players, fans, enemies, clients, girls.

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