Discourage and Slow

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Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.
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Slow and discourage are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slow" instead a verb "Discourage".
Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Slow

Slow verb - To cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace.
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Discourage and slow are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Slow".
Nearby Words: slowness, slowed, slowly, slowing, slowdown

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people discourage people slow people
someone discourage someone slow someone
type discourage type slow type
opponents discourage opponents slow opponents
Other words: enemies, heroes.

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  • 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
  • Moral Event Horizon / Live-Action TV The Dominion itself crossed the line during the Season 4 episode "The Quickening", when they infected an entire planet's population with a slow acting but ultimately lethal bioweapon, purely to discourage other worlds from resisting.
    Source: Moral Event Horizon / Live-Action TV
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