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Meanings of repel in English

Catalan
rebutjar
Spanish
rechazar

Cause to move back by force or influence.

      rebutjar
      Portuguese
      repelir
      Catalan
      menysprear
      Spanish
      despreciar

      Force or drive back.

            repelir
            Portuguese
            afastar
            Catalan
            rebutjar
            Spanish
            rechazar

            Fill with distaste.

                  afastar
                  Usage of repel in English
                  1
                  June 3: Citizens repel a charge towards Tiananmen by thousands of soldiers.
                  Reuters
                  2
                  The Great Wall of China was unable to repel the raiding hordes.
                  News.com.au
                  3
                  No country was better prepared to repel the infestation than North Korea.
                  World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
                  4
                  To assemble protons requires hard work because they naturally repel each other.
                  Death by black hole: and other cosmic quandaries
                  5
                  And now I control an empire, because hard work didn't repel me.
                  Iron lace
                  6
                  It is justified if it is reasonably necessary to repel the attacker.
                  The South African
                  7
                  Erasmus founded the Numinous Order of Civil Wizardry to repel the Pandemonium.
                  Spellwright
                  8
                  It would not repel the burden, and continue to enjoy the benefits.
                  Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845
                  9
                  A sector that is too big to fail can repel government-induced regulation.
                  Reuters
                  10
                  Sendak pumps the shotgun just in time to repel a second assault.
                  Pandaemonium
                  11
                  He was stopped, though it required two Watford players to repel him.
                  The Guardian
                  12
                  A force so large would have seemed enough to repel any attack.
                  Brotherhood of the Wolf
                  13
                  His shower of stone blocks was not sufficient to repel the assailants.
                  Notre-Dame de Paris
                  14
                  Full of warlike stocks, India has never been able to repel invaders.
                  The New World of Islam
                  15
                  The uncouthness which goes with bigness does not repel, it rather attracts.
                  Glimpses of Bengal / Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindrana...
                  16
                  Then it was repel boarders, and it started to blow big guns.
                  Defenders of Democracy / Contributions from representative men a...
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