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ALL meanings of repulse

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  • transitive verb repulse disgust, revolt 1
  • transitive verb repulse repel, force away 1
  • verb with object repulse to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant. 1
  • verb with object repulse to repel with denial, discourtesy, or the like; refuse or reject. 1
  • verb with object repulse to cause feelings of repulsion in: The scenes of violence in the film may repulse some viewers. 1
  • noun repulse the act of repelling. 1
  • noun repulse the fact of being repelled, as in hostile encounter. 1
  • noun repulse a refusal or rejection. 1
  • verb repulse If you are repulsed by something, you think that it is horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid it. 0
  • verb repulse If an army or other group repulses a group of people, they drive it back using force. 0
  • verb repulse to drive back or ward off (an attacking force); repel; rebuff 0
  • verb repulse to reject with coldness or discourtesy 0
  • verb repulse to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste 0
  • noun repulse the act or an instance of driving back or warding off; rebuff 0
  • noun repulse a cold discourteous rejection or refusal 0
  • verb transitive repulse to drive back; repel, as an attack 0
  • verb transitive repulse to repel with discourtesy, coldness, indifference, etc.; refuse, reject, or rebuff 0
  • verb transitive repulse to be repulsive, or disgusting, to 0
  • noun repulse a repelling or being repelled 0
  • noun repulse a refusal, rejection, or rebuff 0
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