Thesaurus: repel

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1. v. t. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
2. v. t. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.
3. v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
4. v. cause to move back by force or influence
5. v. be repellent to; cause aversion in
6. v. force or drive back
7. v. reject outright and bluntly
8. v. fill with distaste
9. 1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. Pope. They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. Macaulay. 2. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument. [He] gently repelled their entreaties. Hawthorne. Syn. -- Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
10. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exerciserepulsion.
11. v:100 v. cause to move back by force or influence v. be repellent to; cause aversion in v. force or drive back