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Meanings of repulse in anglès
Synonyms
Examples for "drive"
Examples for "drive"
1
The issue is whether banks' trading activities artificially drive up food prices.
2
Work is under way already to drive significant change throughout our company.
3
Jules: It felt easy to drive fast on twisty roads; really precise.
4
America's public companies drive job creation, opportunity and economic growth, they wrote.
5
Investment: We invest to create value, opportunities and to drive sustainable practices.
1
June 3: Citizens repel a charge towards Tiananmen by thousands of soldiers.
2
The Great Wall of China was unable to repel the raiding hordes.
3
No country was better prepared to repel the infestation than North Korea.
4
To assemble protons requires hard work because they naturally repel each other.
5
And now I control an empire, because hard work didn't repel me.
1
And Percy, not levees, would have to hold this new force back.
2
They had to force back his intestines and sew up his belly.
3
And he brought all his will to force back his over-eagerness.
4
Swarms of long-range guided missiles can force back larger US carrier battle groups.
5
She paused and strove hard to force back her tears.
1
Their feet land right under them, and they push back, Ken said.
2
The exchange had to push back the start date by a week.
3
But government agencies that determine healthcare coverage are starting to push back.
4
Developing countries are trying to push back the first inventory to 2024.
5
But under the circumstances, we'll have to push back the publication date.
1
Three times the brave defenders beat back the assaults of the assailants.
2
I think we're going to have to beat back out to sea.
3
Some struck the sail, and others we beat back with our hands.
4
A gasp of relief: the troopers seem to beat back the attack.
5
Unwillingly the remembrance of the outer world beat back into Billy's mind.
portuguès
repelir Usage of repulse in anglès
1
The conflict was severe, but resulted in the repulse of the besiegers.
2
The Nineteenth did not participate largely in the battle after its repulse.
3
I desire to help you; you repulse me and insult my manhood.
4
They still saw red, the red of a darker anger-thatof repulse.
5
He also insisted that Julian had sufficient men to repulse the Germans.
6
This, too, told the story of the difference between repulse and victory.
7
He held out his hand, and the dowager did not repulse it.
8
Then Durtal shook himself, and would repulse the assault of these memories.
9
After this repulse the Northmen desisted for a time from their attack.
10
Thus they had stood the supreme test which repulse alone can give.
11
He set that lean jaw of his and would not accept repulse.
12
There had been one great repulse and several lesser ones at Orleans.
13
At last she ventured to remonstrate, and met with anger and repulse.
14
He caught and clasped her close, and she did not repulse him.
15
The more I do to please him, the more I repulse him.
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Half-hearted attacks provoked a sullen resistance which was satisfied with mere repulse.
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Repulse through the time
Repulse across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common