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repel

English

  1. 🔊 force or drive back
    “repel the attacker”
  2. 🔊 cause to move back by force or influence
    “repel the enemy”
  3. 🔊 be repellent to
  4. 🔊 reject outright and bluntly
    “She snubbed his proposal”
  5. 🔊 fill with distaste
    “This spoilt food disgusts me”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 repeler to repel
  2. 🔊 repulsar to repel, repulse
  3. 🔊 rechazar to repel, to ward off

Similar words

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