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UK
/ɹɪpˈɛl/
]
[ US /ɹɪˈpɛɫ/ ]
[ US /ɹɪˈpɛɫ/ ]
VERB
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reject outright and bluntly
She snubbed his proposal - be repellent to; cause aversion in
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cause to move back by force or influence
beat back the invaders
push back the urge to smoke
repel the enemy -
force or drive back
fight off the onslaught
repel the attacker
rebuff the attack -
fill with distaste
This spoilt food disgusts me
How To Use repel In A Sentence
- It also provides ample cushioning with shock-absorbing HydroFlow technology in the heel and forefoot, and has a water-repellant upper.
- If they receive a second exposure with a low intensity light, developer anions adsorbed to the surface sensitivity centers effectively repel the photoelectrons so that surface latent image specks cannot form.
- But he knew he would be like a stranger to her, a strange man with a repellingly scarred face. The Hidden Places
- York were immediately on the back foot but repelled a series of short corners and managed to engineer a breakaway attack.
- We take a sightseeing boat trip around the bay and get a glimpse of the smart new opera house which looks exactly like two durians - a very distinctive local fruit that tastes great but has a repellant smell.
- Attack after attack was repelled, tackle after tackle was made. Times, Sunday Times
- To further clarify: I used my flame-thrower to repel representative Jason Chaffetz when I ran into him at the local Orem, UT Rudfuckers. Stuff We Did This Weekend
- He doesn't have the build for the Jackie Chan stunts he uses to repel the onslaught of his friends in crime-fighting, and he doesn't bear himself with heroic presence.
- You said ‘send conventional troops that he can only repel with his nuclear weapons, which will cause us to nuke him’.
- The reptile's prickly skin repels nearly all of its predators.