dissuasive

ADJECTIVE
  1. deterring from action
    dissuasive advice
    made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand
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How To Use dissuasive In A Sentence

  • Five miles and 1000 vertical feet had a marvelously dissuasive effect on the competition. The Road to New Waters
  • Sanctions that were effective, proportionate and dissuasive had to be applied. Times, Sunday Times
  • Have a great con story or dissuasive warning for another con? Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo 2010 « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more
  • We don't have enough troops there to have a kind of dissuasive authority that stops the looting that stops the lawlessness and protects our own people. CNN Transcript Apr 22, 2004
  • Espy once crisply defined as "dissuasive advice given with authority. 'Neverisms': 11 Things You Should Never Do, Never Say, Never Forget (PHOTOS)
  • Such injunctions had to be effective, proportionate, and dissuasive and must not create barriers to legitimate trade. Times, Sunday Times
  • They paced the centre-alley for nearly an hour, talking earnestly: he — looking grave, yet restless; she — wearing an amazed, expostulatory, dissuasive air. Villette
  • It did not contain expressions of a threatening or dissuasive nature. Times, Sunday Times
  • made a slight dissuasive gesture with her hand
  • This has also proved dissuasive to riders tempted to exploit the possibilities of doping. French doping agency hopes to end dispute with UCI
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