repulse
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɹɪˈpʌls/
repulse (repulses, present participle repulsing; past and past participle repulsed)
- (transitive) To repel or drive back.
- to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy
- (transitive) To reject or rebuff.
- to repulse a suitor
- (transitive) To cause revulsion in.
- The smell of rotting food repulsed me.
- I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.
- Russian: отража́ть
- Russian: отка́зывать
- Russian: отта́лкивать
- Spanish: repulsar
repulse (plural repulses)
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