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Another word for recoil

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Verb

  1. To jerk backward, as a gun upon firing

    See also:

    forward

  2. To draw away involuntarily, usually out of fear or disgust

    See also:

    seek

    approach

Noun

  1. An act of drawing back in an involuntary or instinctive fashion

    See also:

    seek

    approach

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Another word for recoil

Verb
  1. See also:

    retreat

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Sentence Examples

  • Sofia forced herself not to recoil, afraid to touch anyone.

  • began a new process of recoil on the part of the Hellenistic power.

  • Anything different doesn't seem as human to us and we instinctively recoil from it.

  • In water we get a maximum recoil with a minimum of displacement; in air, on the contrary, we obtain a minimum recoil with a maximum of displacement.

  • His recoil from Judaism is all the more intense because of St Paul.

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