repulsor
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9.9
- noun
- Literature
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repulsor
- The landspeeder continued to hover, though it had only a couple of repulsors still firing.
Examples
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It's the first missile system to incorporate our proprietary repulsor technology.
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Continuous sub-orbital flight, courtesy of our new repulsor engines.
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Possession of an illegal gravity repulsor...
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Jake, the sleigh has a repulsor drive.
Fiction book (1997) -
The repulsor light thing will be one of these lights, which will be mounted, but obviously the LE DS taken out, not the whole thing.
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You focused the repulsor energy through ionized plasma channels.
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He examined the landing jacks, sensor housings, weapons blisters, access panels, repulsor jets, and hull plates, looking for signs of damage or excessive wear.
Fiction book (1991) -
Chewbacca gave another growl of displeasure but returned his bowcaster to his shoulder and strode off without further comment toward a repulsor sled parked at the side of the road, perhaps twenty meters away.
Fiction book (1991) -
The landspeeder continued to hover above the ground thanks to its powerful repulsor system.
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The engineers demonstrated how the repulsor could lift heavy objects into the air effortlessly.
Synonyms
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9.9
A device that makes gravity weaker so things float
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5.2
A thing like a spray or machine that keeps pests away from a place
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8.8
A machine or person that makes things float in the air without touching them
A machine that makes vehicles float and move above the ground
A device in science fiction that makes vehicles float above the ground
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Repulsor comes from the word repulse, made from re- ('back') and a root meaning 'push', so it helps to picture a machine that 'pushes away' the ground to make a vehicle hover.