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repulse

English

  1. 🔊 an instance of driving away or warding off
  2. 🔊 force or drive back
    “repel the attacker”
  3. 🔊 be repellent to
  4. 🔊 cause to move back by force or influence
    “repel the enemy”

Similar words

rebuff snub repel fight off rebuff drive back repel drive force back push back beat back repel abjuration abjure abjurement backfire backlash backlashing bafflement balk be proof against bear up bear up against beat back