repel

Verb
Synonyms: driverepulseforce backpush backbeat backfight offrebuffdrive backsnubdisgustgross outrevolt

WordNet 3.0

Verb (5)

  1. cause to move back by force or influence“repel the enemy”“push back the urge to smoke”“beat back the invaders”Synonyms: driverepulseforce backpush backbeat back
  2. be repellent to; cause aversion inSynonyms: repulse
  3. force or drive back“repel the attacker”“fight off the onslaught”“rebuff the attack”Synonyms: repulsefight offrebuffdrive back
  4. reject outright and bluntly“She snubbed his proposal”Synonyms: rebuffsnub
  5. fill with distaste“This spoilt food disgusts me”Synonyms: disgustgross outrevolt
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Repel \Re**pel"\ (r?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repelled (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Repelling.] [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re- re- + pellere to drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Repulse, Repeal.]

1.To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. [1913 Webster]

Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

2.To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument. [1913 Webster]

[He] gently repelled their entreaties.— Hawthorne.[1913 Webster]

Syn: Tu repulse; resist; oppose; reject; refuse. [1913 Webster]

Repel \Re*pel"\, v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion. [1913 Webster] Repellence
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