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Verb repulse has 3 senses
- repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back - force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
--1 is one way to fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- repel, repulse - be repellent to; cause aversion in
--2 is one way to displease
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to repulse Sue
- repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat back - cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
--3 is one way to push, force
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
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