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repel
transitive verb1 a: to drive back : repulse b: to fight against : resist2: turn away
, reject <repelled the insinuation>3 a: to drive away : discourage <foul words and frowns must not repel a lover
— Shakespeare> b: to be incapable of adhering to, mixing with, taking up, or holding c: to force away or apart or tend to do so by mutual action at a distance4: to cause aversion in : disgustintransitive verb: to cause aversion
— re·pel·ler noun
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