To repulse something is to repel it or drive it back. When you repulse your sister, you disgust her. When you repulse the enemy in battle or someone in conversation, you force them back or make them turn away.
To repel; to beat or drive back;
Noun
an instance of driving away or warding off
Verb
force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
Verb
cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
Verb
be repellent to; cause aversion in
v. t.
To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an
assault; to repulse the enemy.
v. t.
To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to
reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.
n.
The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of
being repelled or driven back.
n.
Figuratively: Refusal; denial; rejection; failure.
Repulse
Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever wiles of foe or seeming friend.2.
Repulse
By fate repelled, and with repulses tired.
He received in the repulse of Tarquin seven hurts in the body.2.
To repel; to beat or drive back;
The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.
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