"dissuasive" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2010, Helon Habila, Oil on Water, AudioGO (2011), page 86",
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "tending to dissuade",
          "word": "dissuasiu"
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          "sense": "tending to dissuade",
          "word": "dissuasivo"
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          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "tending to dissuade",
          "word": "anchoyrlagh"
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        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "tending to dissuade",
          "word": "disuasivo"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "tending to dissuade",
          "word": "disuasorio"
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      "sense": "tending to dissuade",
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      "sense": "tending to dissuade",
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      "sense": "tending to dissuade",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "tending to dissuade",
      "word": "disuasivo"
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      "sense": "tending to dissuade",
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