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    re·pulse
    /rəˈpəls/

    verb

    • 1. drive back (an attack or attacking enemy) by force: "rioters tried to storm ministry buildings but were repulsed by police" Similar repeldrive backdrive awayfight back
    • 2. cause (someone) to feel intense distaste and aversion: "audiences at early screenings of the film were repulsed by its brutality" Similar revoltdisgustrepelsickenOpposite delight

    noun

    • 1. the action of driving back an attacking force or of being driven back: "the repulse of the invaders" Similar repellingdriving backputting to flightwarding off

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › repulseRepulse Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of REPULSE is to drive or beat back : repel. How to use repulse in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishREPULSE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    REPULSE definition: 1. to push away or refuse something or someone unwanted, especially to successfully stop a physical…. Learn more.

  4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › repulseRepulse - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To repulse something is to repel it or drive it back. When you repulse your sister, you disgust her. When you repulse the enemy in battle or someone in conversation, you force them back or make them turn away.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishREPULSE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    5 meanings: 1. to drive back or ward off (an attacking force); repel; rebuff 2. to reject with coldness or discourtesy 3. to.... Click for more definitions.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › repulseREPULSE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant. to repel with denial, discourtesy, or the like; refuse or reject. Synonyms: snub, shun, spurn, rebuff. to cause feelings of repulsion in: The scenes of violence in the film may repulse some viewers.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryREPULSE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    REPULSE meaning: 1. to push away or refuse something or someone unwanted, especially to successfully stop a physical…. Learn more.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › repulseRepulse - definition of repulse by The Free Dictionary

    1. (Military) to drive back or ward off (an attacking force); repel; rebuff. 2. to reject with coldness or discourtesy: she repulsed his advances. 3. to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste. n.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionrepulse verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    repulse somebody/something to refuse to accept somebody’s help, attempts to be friendly, etc. synonym reject. Each time I tried to help I was repulsed. She repulsed his advances.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryREPULSE - All you need to know about it | Collins English...

    Definitions of 'repulse' 1. If you are repulsed by something, you think that it is horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid it. [...] 2. If an army or other group repulses a group of people, they drive it back using force. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'repulse' American English: rɪpʌls British English: rɪpʌls. More. Conjugations of 'repulse'

  11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionrepulse verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    repulse [often passive] (somewhat formal) to make someone feel disgust or strong dislike: I was repulsed by the smell of liquor on his breath. Patterns shocked/appalled/horrified/disgusted/repulsed at somebody/something