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

    Repulse definition: to drive back; repel. See examples of REPULSE used in a sentence.

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

    When you repulse the enemy in battle or someone in conversation, you force them back or make them turn away. Repulse is related to the word repel, and they mean similar things: to repulse an advance — romantic or warring — is to repel, or fend off, its advance. To repulse someone by being disgusting is to be repellent.

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

    Though people are repulsed by it, they also are drawn to its power. [be VERB -ed] 2. verb. If an army or other group repulses a group of people, they drive it back using force. The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.

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

    to push away or refuse something or someone unwanted, especially to successfully stop a physical attack against you: The enemy attack was quickly repulsed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Responding to an attack. beat someone off. beat someone/something back. capitulate. combat patrol. counter-assault. counterattack. countercharge.

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

    n. 1. The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed: the repulse of an attack. 2. Rejection; refusal: a repulse of a would-be lover's advances. [Middle English repulsen, from Latin repellere, repuls-; see repel .] re·puls′er 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.yourdictionary.com › repulseRepulse Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    To repel with discourtesy, coldness, indifference, etc.; refuse, reject, or rebuff. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cause repugnance or distaste in. Was repulsed by his drunken behavior. American Heritage. To be repulsive, or disgusting, to. Webster's New World. To reject or rebuff. To repulse a suitor. Wiktionary.

  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

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