Repulse

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo repel or drive back.

"to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy"

2.VerbTo reject or rebuff.

"to repulse a suitor"

3.VerbTo cause revulsion in; to repel.

"The smell of rotting food repulsed me.; I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake."

4.NounThe act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed.

5.NounRefusal, rejection or repulsion.

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