to repulse
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7.0
- verb
- /rɪˈpʌls/
:
repeler
- Thanks to their strategic defense, they were able to repulse the siege and protect their city.
- repulse an attack
And we're also repulsed from, as he's going to say, the mistaking or non grasping of of reality.
- And we're also repulsed from, as he's going to say, the mistaking or non grasping of of reality.
Examples
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By your courage and skill, you have repulsed every assault of the enemy.
Academic text (2007) -
The Spanish bastion changed hands twice, but ultimately the Ottomans were repulsed from the walls.
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Charlemagne was able to repulse these raids and the English as well.
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His attacks on our troops yesterday were repulsed.
Academic text (2007) -
The Indians made a sortie at us, but we repulsed them.
Fiction book (1997) -
In some cases, the natives repulsed us with barrages of stones and arrows.
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Roger's attack was repulsed by the defenders, but by diverting the Muslims, it allowed Robert to climb the walls unnoticed.
Academic text (2010) -
The soldiers worked together to repulse the enemy's assault on their base.
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In a surprising turn of events, the defenders managed to repulse the attackers after a fierce battle.
Synonyms
97
3.9
Force a person or thing to move backward in body and feeling
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4.6
To turn attention away from a person or thing
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3.4
To force a person, animal, or feeling to go away
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2.7
To make people or animals go away by frightening them
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3.7
To keep away an attack, illness, or strong unwanted feeling
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2.5
Make a person or animal go away because they are afraid
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3.2
To stop other people from getting close to you emotionally
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4.4
To keep harmful or unpleasant things away from you
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3.9
Keep unwanted people or things away so they do not harm you
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4.2
Make someone or something move back and stay away, often by using force
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4.1
Force someone or something to move away from danger
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6.0
To force someone or something to move away
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4.9
Make people or things move backward by using strength and stop feelings by holding them back
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5.6
Act in a way that makes other people avoid you
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7.9
To drive back an attack or enemy force
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3.3
To make someone or something go away by making them afraid
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2.8
To make people or animals go away by scaring them
Antonyms
How Forceful
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4.0
7
7.0
19
4.1
97
3.9
34
3.9
34
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Repulse comes from old Latin parts re- 'back' and pellere 'to push', the same idea you see in propel. To repulse someone or an attack is to 'push them back' or force them away.