repulseverb
uk/rɪˈpʌls/us/rɪˈpʌls/formalrepulse verb (PUSH AWAY)
[ T ] to push away or refuse something or someone unwanted, especially to successfully stop a physical attack against you:
The enemy attack was quickly repulsed.
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Responding to an attack
- beat
- beat sb off
- beat sb/sth back
- capitulate
- counterattack
- fend sb off
- fight
- fight back
- fight fire with fire idiom
- parry
- pull (sb/sth) out
- repel
- resist
- resistance
- resistance
- retreat
- see sb off
- strike
- white flag
- withdrawal
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Refusing & rejecting
repulse verb (DISLIKE)
[ T often passive ] If something repulses you, it causes you to have a strong feeling of dislike, disapproval, or disgust:
The tourists were repulsed by the filthy conditions.
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Inspiring dislike
- aversive
- disgust
- gross
- gross sb out
- gross-out
- ick
- it makes me (want to) puke idiom
- puke
- repel
- revolt
- sick
repulsenoun [ S or U ]
uk/rɪˈpʌls/us/rɪˈpʌls/formal or old-fashionedthe act of pushing someone or something unwanted away or of refusing him, her, or it
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Responding to an attack
- beat
- beat sb off
- beat sb/sth back
- capitulate
- counterattack
- fend sb off
- fight
- fight back
- fight fire with fire idiom
- parry
- pull (sb/sth) out
- repel
- resist
- resistance
- resistance
- retreat
- see sb off
- strike
- white flag
- withdrawal
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