diss
uade
Third Person
dissuades
Present Participle
dissuading
Past Tense
dissuaded
Past Participle
dissuaded
1
to make someone not to do something
- I dissuaded him from making a hasty decision.
- The warnings from experts dissuade many people from smoking.
- The campaign aims to dissuade youth from experimenting with drugs.
- She is dissuading her friend from joining an unreliable investment scheme.
- They were dissuading their colleagues from participating in the risky venture.
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