repel

repel
[[t]rɪpe̱l[/t]]
repels, repelling, repelled
1) VERB When an army repels an attack, they successfully fight and drive back soldiers from another army who have attacked them. [FORMAL]

[V n] They have fifty thousand troops along the border ready to repel any attack.

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2) V-RECIP When a magnetic pole repels another magnetic pole, it gives out a force that pushes the other pole away. You can also say that two magnetic poles repel each other or that they repel. [TECHNICAL]

[pl-n V] Like poles repel, unlike poles attract...

[V n] As these electrons are negatively charged they will attempt to repel each other.

3) VERB: no cont If something repels you, you find it horrible and disgusting.

[V n] ...a violent excitement that frightened and repelled her.

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repelled ADJ-GRADED

She was very striking but in some way I felt repelled.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Repel — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Repel País …   Wikipedia Español

  • repel — [ri pel′] vt. repelled, repelling [ME repellen < L repellere, to drive back < re , back + pellere, to drive: see PULSE1] 1. to drive or force back; hold or ward off [to repel an attack] 2. to refuse to accept, agree to, or submit to; reject …   English World dictionary

  • 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 check …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • repel — [v1] push away; repulse beat back, beat off, brush off, buck, cast aside, chase away, check, confront, cool*, cut, decline, dismiss, disown, dispute, drive away, drive back, drive off, duel, fend off, fight, force back, force off, give cold… …   New thesaurus

  • Repel — Re*pel , v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Repel — is a village and commune in the Vosges département of northeastern France.ee also*Communes of the Vosges department …   Wikipedia

  • repel — I (disgust) verb alienate, appall, be unpalatable, cause aversion, cause dislike, displease, excite dislike, fill with loathing, frighten, give offense, grate, horrify, incense, irritate, make one shudder, make one sick, make unwelcome, nauseate …   Law dictionary

  • repel — early 15c., to drive away, remove, from O.Fr. repeller, from L. repellere to drive back, from re back + pellere to drive, strike (see PULSE (Cf. pulse) (1)). Meaning to affect (a person) with distaste or aversion is from 1817 …   Etymology dictionary

  • repel — has inflected forms repelled, repelling …   Modern English usage

  • repel — ► VERB (repelled, repelling) 1) drive or force back or away. 2) be repulsive or distasteful to. 3) formal refuse to accept; reject. 4) (of a magnetic pole or electric field) force (something similarly magnetized or charged) away. 5) (of a… …   English terms dictionary

  • Repel — 48° 20′ 47″ N 5° 58′ 24″ E / 48.3463888889, 5.97333333333 …   Wikipédia en Français

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