Discourage and Include

Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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

Include verb - To have as part of a whole.

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Discourage and include are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Include".

Nearby Word: included

girl	discourage girl	include girl
people	discourage people	include people
kind	discourage kind	include kind
use	discourage use	include use
Other words: humans, women, animals.

The problem is so severe that all battleship designs include rear-firing heavy weapons to discourage getting behind them.

Source: Awesome But Impractical / Tabletop Games
Common justifications include giving the Big Bad a special pass that prevents the traps from triggering, or saying that the Big Bad himself set the traps to discourage pursuit.

Source: Already Undone for You
A well-done retreat will very likely include a number of these as a routine-even if someone is really retreating, he wants to slow the pursuit down and discourage it.

Source: Defensive Feint Trap

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