Definition of repel

verb (v)

• cause to move back by force or influence (verb.contact)

  Synonym: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repulse
  Antonym: attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in
  

  Example:
  Repel the enemy.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be repellent to; cause aversion in (verb.emotion)

  Synonym: repulse
  Antonym: appeal, attract
  

  source: wordnet30
• force or drive back (verb.competition)

  Synonym: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repulse
  

  Example:
  Repel the attacker.
  

  source: wordnet30
• reject outright and bluntly (verb.communication)

  Synonym: rebuff, snub
  

  source: wordnet30
• fill with distaste (verb.perception)

  Synonym: disgust, gross out, revolt
  

  source: wordnet30
• To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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