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Dissuade (5)

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I believe the answer is:

deter

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">dissuade</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for deter that I've seen before include "Discourage or prevent from doing something" , "Cause not to do something" , "Try to prevent" , "Discourage (someone from an action)" , "stop" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times, The Sun, the LA Times, the Newsday, the Evening Standard, The Mirror, The Telegraph, the Penny Press and the USA Today.
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