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   repulse

   /rɪˈpʌls/

   verb

   • 1. drive back (an attack or attacker) by force: "rioters tried to storm the Ministry but were repulsed by police" Similar repeldrive backdrive awayfight backfight offput to flightforce backbeat offbeat backpush backthrust backward offhold offstave offfend offfoilcheckfrustratesee offinformal:send packingarchaic:rebut
   • ▪ reject or rebuff (an approach or offer or the person making it): "she left, feeling hurt because she had been repulsed" Similar rebuffrejectspurnsnubdisdaingive someone the cold shouldercold-shoulderinformal:give someone the brush-offfreeze outstiff-armknock backgive someone the bum's rushgive someone the brushsnoutinformal, dated:give someone the go-byrejectturn downrefusedeclinesay no toinformal:give the thumbs down toOpposite welcomeaccept
   • 2. cause to feel intense distaste and aversion: "audiences were repulsed by the film's brutality" Similar revoltdisgustrepelsickennauseatemake someone feel sickturn someone's stomachbe repulsive tobe extremely distasteful tomake shudderbe repugnant tomake someone's flesh creepmake someone's skin crawlmake someone's gorge riseoffendhorrifyinformal:turn offgive someone the creepsmake someone want to throw upgross outOpposite delight

   noun

   • 1. the action of driving back an attack or of being driven back: "the repulse of the invaders" Similar repellingdriving backputting to flightwarding offholding offdefeatcheckfoilingfrustrationrare:repulsion
   • ▪ a discouraging response to an offer or approach: "his evasion of her scheme had been another repulse" Similar rebuffrejectionsnubslightrepudiationspurningcold-shoulderingdiscouragementinformal:brush-offknock-backkick in the teethslap/smack in the facesmack in the eye

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin repuls- ‘driven back’, from the verb repellere (see repel).

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

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   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.

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

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   verb (used with object) , re·pulsed, re·puls·ing. 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.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishREPULSE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   REPULSE definition: 1. If someone or something repulses you, you think they are extremely unpleasant: 2. to…. Learn more.

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   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.

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

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   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.

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   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.

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

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

11. www.yourdictionary.com › repulseRepulse Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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    verb. repulsed, repulses, repulsing. To drive back; repel, as an attack. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. 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.