Discourage
Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.
Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging
Support
Support verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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His family, other friends, teachers, ministers and just about everyone else Rudy knows don't just "not support" him, but instead actively discourage him from following his dream, with none of them even making a token gesture of playing along to humor the guy.
Source: Film / Rudy -
However, Ink Mines can be very wickedly used to deny areas, set up ambushes, and discourage pursuit, and the Bubbler special is great for offense, defense, and team support.
Source: Video Game / Splatoon - Even worse is that you can't do a whole lot to discourage this - change the game settings to ban all launchers and the opposing team will keep using the anti-air launcher anyway (they just won't start shooting down your air support until halfway through the game to "fake" playing by the rules).
Source: Spiteful A.I.
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