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Repel Common

Repel has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

cause to move back by force or influence

"repel the enemy"

"push back the urge to smoke"

"beat back the invaders"

2

be repellent to; cause aversion in

3

force or drive back

"repel the attacker"

"fight off the onslaught"

"rebuff the attack"

4

reject outright and bluntly

"She snubbed his proposal"

5

fill with distaste

"This spoilt food disgusts me"

6

To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.

Example Sentences
"repel the enemy" verb
"push back the urge to smoke" verb
"beat back the invaders" verb
"repel the attacker" verb
"fight off the onslaught" verb
"rebuff the attack" verb
"She snubbed his proposal" verb
"This spoilt food disgusts me" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
pull appeal
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
push displease fight reject stimulate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
disgust turn off sicken
Rhyming Words
pel opel capel appel impel pipel arpel lapel expel cupel rupel stipel propel chapel rumpel rappel compel keppel hippel sippel
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