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    re·pulse
    [rəˈpəls]
    verb
    repulse (verb) · repulses (third person present) · repulsed (past tense) · repulsed (past participle) · repulsing (present participle)
    1. drive back (an attack or attacking enemy) by force:
      "rioters tried to storm ministry buildings but were repulsed by police"
      • fail to welcome (friendly advances or the person making them); rebuff:
        "she left, feeling hurt because she had been repulsed"
      • refuse to accept (an offer):
        "his bid for the company was repulsed"
    2. (be repulsed)
      cause (someone) to feel intense distaste and aversion:
      "audiences at early screenings of the film were repulsed by its brutality"
    noun
    repulse (noun) · repulses (plural noun)
    1. the action of driving back an attacking force or of being driven back:
      "the repulse of the invaders"
      • a discouraging response to friendly advances:
        "his evasion of her plan had been another repulse"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Latin repuls- ‘driven back’, from the verb repellere (see repel).
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    verb
    1. drive back (an attack or attacking enemy) by force:
      repel
      drive away
      fight back
      fight off
      beat off
      beat back
      push back
      ward off
      hold off
      stave off
      fend off
      foil
      check
      frustrate
      see off
      rebut
      drive back
      put to flight
      force back
      thrust back
      send packing
    2. cause (someone) to feel intense distaste and aversion:
      revolt
      disgust
      repel
      sicken
      nauseate
      make someone's skin crawl
      offend
      horrify
      turn off
      give someone the creeps
      gross out
      make someone feel sick
      turn someone's stomach
      be repulsive to
      be extremely distasteful to
      make shudder
      be repugnant to
      make someone's flesh creep
      make someone's gorge rise
      make someone want to throw up
      Opposite:
      delight
    noun
    1. the action of driving back an attacking force or of being driven back:
      repelling
      defeat
      check
      foiling
      frustration
      repulsion
      driving back
      putting to flight
      warding off
      holding off
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