Discourage and Wreck

Discourage

Discourage verb - To lessen the courage or confidence of.

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

Nearby Words: discouragement, discouraging

Wreck

Wreck verb - To cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking.

Discourage and wreck are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourage" instead a verb "Wreck".

Nearby Words: wrecked, wrecker, wreckage, wrecking

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

people discourage people wreck people
someone discourage someone wreck someone
anyone discourage anyone wreck anyone
player discourage player wreck player
Other words: units.
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