repel
41repel — verb 1) the US repelled an Iraqi attack Syn: fight off, repulse, drive back, force back, beat back, hold off; Brit. see off 2) the sight of the food repelled me Syn: revolt, disgust, repulse, sicken …
42repel — [rɪˈpel] verb [T] 1) if something repels you, you think that it is extremely unpleasant 2) to keep someone or something away, or to prevent them from attacking you 3) if one thing repels another, an electrical or MAGNETIC force pushes them away… …
43repel — Pale, pahukū …
44repel — see PULSE …
45repel·lent — re|pel|·lent Mot Agut Adjectiu invariable …
46repel·lir — re|pel|·lir Mot Agut Verb transitiu …
47repel an attack — drive back an enemy attack …
48Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels — The Edict to Repel Foreign Vessels (異国船打払令, Ikokusen Uchiharairei?) was a law passed by the Tokugawa Shogunate in 1825 to the effect that all foreign vessels should be driven away from Japanese waters. An example of the law being put into… …
49Repelled — Repel Re**pel (r? p?l ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repelled} ( p?ld ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repelling}.] [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re re + pellere to drive. See {Pulse} a beating, and cf. {Repulse}, {Repeal}.] 1. To drive back; to force to return; to …
50Repelling — Repel Re**pel (r? p?l ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repelled} ( p?ld ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repelling}.] [L. repellere, repulsum; pref. re re + pellere to drive. See {Pulse} a beating, and cf. {Repulse}, {Repeal}.] 1. To drive back; to force to return; to …