Discourage and Quell

Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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

Quell verb - To put a stop to (something) by the use of force.

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Discourage and quell are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Quell".

Nearby Word: quelling

people	discourage people	quell people
opposition	discourage opposition	quell opposition
rebellion	discourage rebellion	quell rebellion
war	discourage war	quell war
Other words: anyone, attacks, students, attempts.

Even the protagonists engage in their share of violence and cruelty as a means to both discourage attacks against them and to quell internal unrest.

Source: Lets Play / This Is Madness - Story of the Crumbling Europe
They're sometimes used at checkpoints to discourage suicide dashes, and some prisons use them against uncooperative inmates or to quell prison riots (the idea is to startle them just long enough for the guards to reach and subdue the prisoner(s)).

Source: Agony Beam

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