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Another word for repulse

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Verb

  1. To turn or drive away

    See also:

    allow

    strike

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Another word for repulse

Noun
      1. An abrupt, blunt refusal of offered advice, help, etc.
      2. A sudden resistance or refusal.
      3. A check or an abrupt setback to progress or action:
      1. An unanticipated or sudden check in progress; a change from better to worse.
      2. (US) The required distance between a structure and a road.
      3. The required minimum distance between a building and a property line (often, specif., the front property line) established by local code or ordinance
      1. (Nautical) A sudden checking, as of a rope or cable running out.
      2. A deliberate slight or affront.
      3. Scornful, slighting action or treatment; affront
    See also:

    defeat

    refusal

Verb

  1. To drive back

    See also:

    repel

  2. To rebuff

      1. To reject something contemptuously.
      2. To show contempt or disdain in refusing or rejecting
      3. To reject with disdain or contempt.
      1. To pass over or skip from (a record set by a record changer) without playing
      2. To refuse to give sufficient parental affection or care to (a child or young animal).
      3. To turn down (an applicant, as for a job); refuse to accept.
      1. To treat with scorn, contempt, disdain, etc.; behave coldly toward; slight or ignore
      2. To secure (a vessel, for example) in this manner.
      3. To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of.
    See also:

    rebuff

    refuse

  3. To disgust

      1. To cause to feel nausea; make sick
      2. To cause nausea in.
      3. (Intransitive) To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.
      1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in:
      2. To create resentment, anger, or displeasure; give offense
      3. To violate a rule or law:
      1. To rise up against the government
      2. To attempt to overthrow the authority of the state; rebel.
      3. To refuse to submit to authority, custom, etc.; rebel; mutiny
    See also:

    disgust

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Sentence Examples

  • The Porta della Fuga (the name alludes to the repulse of Hannibal) occupies the site of a Roman gate, but is itself medieval: while the medieval enceinte encloses a somewhat wider area than the ancient.

  • In the sphere of material power the repulse of Xerxes and the extension of Athenian or Spartan supremacy in the eastern Mediterranean were large facts patent to the most obtuse.

  • The Jews of Algiers similarly celebrated the repulse of the emperor Charles V.

  • She was surprised to find the idea of tasting him didn't repulse her, as if the intimate bond with him was natural.

  • The line of defence adjacent to the battery looked downhill for about 300 yds., giving a clear field of fire for the new Enfield rifle the English carried; but a sharp break in the slope beyond that range gave the assailants plenty of "dead ground" on which to form up. For a time, therefore, the battle was a series of attacks, delivered with great fierceness by the main body of Pavlov's corps, the repulse of each being followed by the disappearance of the assailants.

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