Discourage and Repel

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Discourage

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

Usage example: the higher fines may help discourage drivers from speeding on the highway

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Repel and discourage are semantically related in reject topic. In some cases you can use "Repel" instead a verb "Discourage", when it comes to topics like dishearten.

Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Repel

Repel verb - To drive back.

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Discourage and repel are semantically related in reject topic. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Repel", if it concerns topics such as dishearten.

Nearby Words: repelled, repelling

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Common collocations

people	discourage people	repel people
anyone	discourage anyone	repel anyone
humans	discourage humans	repel humans
women	discourage women	repel women
Other words: attacks, enemies, survivors, intruders, attempts, predators.

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