dissuade

Object

• anyone: One final point: nothing we say is intended to dissuade anyone from attempting to exploit multimedia for educational purposes.
• people: They picketed to dissuade people from going in to the Greek evening dinner.
• woman: We think the prior week's nasty weather and dismal forecast dissuaded more women from showing up.
• student: The prescription may dissuade more able students from adopting their own writing style.
• member: We do not in any way wish to dissuade members of the public from donating money to the registered charity Tsunami appeals.
• child: Campaign aims to stub out child smoking 01/08/2006 A new anti-smoking campaign is being launched to dissuade young children from taking up the habit.

Present participle complement

• climb: Alternate roof styles can be provided on request including flat, high pitched or steep slope versions to dissuade climbing or sitting on cabinet.

Modifying Another Word

• easily: That could easily dissuade an otherwise prospective customer or two: £ 5,000.
• not: Lack of formal skills should not dissuade you from offering your time to the Credit Union.
• n't: I had to have them, so Simmons said he would go back & get them, & I did n't dissuade him.
• actively: Other parts of the country are actively dissuaded from this.
• well: Excessive requests for detail at an early stage may well dissuade an ATS from starting up within the EU.
• only: He was only dissuaded from returning to London the next morning by the promise of a shopping trip to Cambridge with Molly Goldney.