Repulse: alternatives and connections

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

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To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at.…

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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A pustule; a pimple.

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Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.

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To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- oft…

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To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.

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To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

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To make sick; to disease.

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To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

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To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.

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To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.

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To sob with convulsions.

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