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REPULSE definition: 1. to push away or refuse something or someone unwanted, especially to successfully stop a physical…. Learn more.
noun. 1. : rebuff, rejection. 2. : the action of repelling an attacker : the fact of being repelled. Synonyms. Verb. disgust. gross out. nauseate. put off.
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.
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.
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.
Definition of repulse verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Military) to drive back or ward off (an attacking force); repel; rebuff. 2. to reject with coldness or discourtesy: she repulsed his advances. 3. to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste. n.
repulse [often passive] (somewhat formal) to make someone feel disgust or strong dislike: I was repulsed by the smell of liquor on his breath. Patterns shocked/appalled/horrified/disgusted/repulsed at somebody/something
REPULSE meaning: 1. If someone or something repulses you, you think they are extremely unpleasant: 2. to…. Learn more.
When you repulse the enemy in battle or someone in conversation, you force them back or make them turn away. Repulse is related to the word repel, and they mean similar things: to repulse an advance — romantic or warring — is to repel, or fend off, its advance. To repulse someone by being disgusting is to be repellent.
