Repulse synonyms

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rebuff
A check or an abrupt setback to progress or action:
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setback
Any of a series of such recessions in the rise of a tall building.
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snub
Scornful, slighting action or treatment; affront
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repel
To repel is defined as to hold off, refuse to accept or reject.
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set back
(Idiomatic) To cost money, as.
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overthrow
(Intransitive) To throw (something) so that it goes too far.
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resist
(Intransitive) To oppose.
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spurn
To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
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reject
To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of:
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nauseate
To feel or cause to feel loathing or disgust.
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offend
To break a law, religious commandment, etc.; commit a sin or crime
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revolt
To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.
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defeat (related)
A coming to naught; frustration:
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refusal (related)
(Civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
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refuse (related)
Refuse is defined as to reject or to decide to not do something.
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disgust (related)
To cause an intense dislike for something.
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deny
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
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disdain
To regard (someone or something) with strong contempt.
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sicken
(Intransitive) To be filled with disgust or abhorrence.
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welcome (antonym)
Welcome is the act of greeting someone.
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attraction (antonym)
A person, place, thing, or event that is intended to attract:
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enchantment (antonym)
An enchanting or being enchanted
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please (antonym)
To be agreeable; give pleasure; satisfy
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soothe (antonym)
To bring comfort, composure, or relief.
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delight (antonym)
To give great pleasure or joy:
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enchant (antonym)
Enchant is defined as to cast a spell on, or to delight someone.
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attract (antonym)
The definition of attract is to draw in either by physical forces, emotions or senses.
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beat off
To drive something away with blows or military force. Now often used figuratively.
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fend
Fend is defined as to stand up to, resist or defend.
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keep off
To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
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parry
To deflect or ward off (a fencing thrust, for example).
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ward off
To parry, or turn aside.
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allow (related)
To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
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strike (related)
To come into contact with
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fight-off
To resist, particularly an infection or an emotion.
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drive back
force or drive back
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drive
To drive a blow, ball, missile, etc.
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force back
cause to move back by force or influence
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push-back
cause to move back by force or influence
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beat back
cause to move back by force or influence
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besieger (related)
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besiege (related)
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cut-to-pieces (related)
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scharnhorst (related)
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gneisenau (related)
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Repulse Sentence Examples

  • The repulse of Burnside ended the battle.

  • Our isolated position in the depths of Repulse made this silence seem eerie.

  • The first repulse soon passed into a rout, and from a rout into a headlong flight, in which the English king himself barely escaped.

  • But the master misunderstood the disciple; and the harsh repulse of Ohlenschldger silenced Hauch for many years.

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