1. Force or drive back
   - repel, fight off, rebuff, drive back 
2. Be repellent to; cause aversion in
   - repel 
3. Cause to move back by force or influence
   - repel, drive, force back, push back, beat back

1. An instance of driving away or warding off
   - rebuff, snub

Derived forms: repulsed, repulses, repulsing

See also: repulsion

Type of: defend, displease, fight, fight back, fight down, force, oppose, push, rejection

Encyclopedia: Repulse

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