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repulse

/rɪ'pəls/

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verb
force or drive back
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drive back fight off rebuff repel

type of:
oppose defend fight fight back fight down
noun
an instance of driving away or warding off
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rebuff snub

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rejection
verb
be repellent to; cause aversion in
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repel

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displease
verb
cause to move back by force or influence
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beat back drive force back push back repel

type of:
push force

Definition that contains repulse

kennesaw mountain battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston