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| barrage balloon |
one of a number of anchored balloons from which wires or nets are suspended to discourage low-flying enemy aircraft from attacking military installations or cities. |
| buffer state |
a neutral country located between two potentially hostile countries and regarded as helping to discourage war. |
| chill |
to discourage or dishearten. [1/16 definitions] |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| deject |
to cause to feel low in spirit; discourage, dishearten, or depress. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by arousing doubt or fear. [1/2 definitions] |
| discourageable |
combined form of discourage. |
| dishearten |
to depress or destroy the hope or confidence of; discourage; dispirit. |
| dismay |
to frighten or discourage; daunt. [1/4 definitions] |
| dispirit |
to take the spirit out of; discourage; depress. |
| forbidding |
tending to discourage an approach; likely to be unmanageable; uninviting. [1/2 definitions] |
| intimidate |
to discourage, deter, or inhibit, as with an overwhelming display of wealth, power, ability, or perceived superiority. [1/2 definitions] |
| Laffer Curve |
a graph illustrating the theory that increasing taxes results in increased government revenue only up to a certain point, after which further tax increases discourage production and investment. |
| picket |
a person or group of people posted in front of a business or building to protest policies, and to discourage customers or prevent workers from entering, esp. during a strike. [1/5 definitions] |
| put off |
to cause (someone) to turn away; repel; discourage. [1/3 definitions] |
| secret police |
a police force that conducts undercover operations designed to discourage opposition to the government. |
| speed bump |
a raised concrete or asphalt ridge, as in a parking lot, to discourage speeding. |
| unnerve |
to deprive of composure, courage, determination, or the like; disconcert; discourage. |
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