Definition of repel

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Repel (v. i.) To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

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Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To send or force back; to repel from side to side; as, flame is reverberated in a furnace..
Interrepellent :: Interrepellent (a.) Mutually repellent.
Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
Repellent :: Repellent (a.) Driving back; able or tending to repel.
Ward :: Ward (n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off..
Talisman :: Talisman (n.) Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases..
Orb :: Orb (n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry..
Diamagnetic :: Diamagnetic (n.) Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet..
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
Self-repulsive :: Self-repulsive (a.) Self-repelling.
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
Repeller :: Repeller (n.) One who, or that which, repels..
Distant :: Distant (a.) Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty; as, a distant manner..
Self-repelling :: Self-repelling (a.) Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling..
Retropulsive :: Retropulsive (a.) Driving back; repelling.
Propulse :: Propulse (v. t.) To repel; to drive off or away.
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style..
Repulsive :: Repulsive (a.) Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force..
Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
Reverberate :: Reverberate (v. t.) To return or send back; to repel or drive back; to echo, as sound; to reflect, as light, as light or heat..
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