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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Repulse :: Repulse (v. t.) To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy..
Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies..
Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To repel with words; to blow at contemptuously.
Forbidding :: Forbidding (a.) Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air..
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..
Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
Repulse :: Repulse (v. t.) To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer..
Repulsive :: Repulsive (a.) Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force..
Scowl :: Scowl (v. t.) To look at or repel with a scowl or a frown.
Repulsion :: Repulsion (n.) The act of repulsing or repelling, or the state of being repulsed or repelled..
Repelling :: Repelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repe.
Repellence :: Repellence (n.) Alt. of Repellenc.
Interrepellent :: Interrepellent (a.) Mutually repellent.
Orb :: Orb (n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry..
Propulsation :: Propulsation (n.) The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance.
Hard :: Hard (superl.) Not easy or agreeable to the taste; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style..
Self-repulsive :: Self-repulsive (a.) Self-repelling.
Repellent :: Repellent (n.) That which repels.
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..
Repeller :: Repeller (n.) One who, or that which, repels..
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