Repulse - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪˈpʌls|
Brit.
|rɪˈpʌls|
noun
verb
- force or drive back (syn: fight off, rebuff, repel)
- be repellent to; cause aversion in (syn: repel)
- cause to move back by force or influence (syn: beat back, drive, repel)
- be repellent to; cause aversion in (syn: repel)
- cause to move back by force or influence (syn: beat back, drive, repel)
Extra examples
The troops repulsed the attack.
I was repulsed by the movie's violence.
The moldy bread repulsed him.
He repulsed all attempts to help him.
He likes all the things that repulse me.
The very thought of his cold clammy hands repulsed me.
Government troops repulsed an attack by rebel forces.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: repulse
he/she/it: repulses
present participle: repulsing
past tense: repulsed
past participle: repulsed
I/you/we/they: repulse
he/she/it: repulses
present participle: repulsing
past tense: repulsed
past participle: repulsed
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