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Examples of repulse in a Sentence
The troops repulsed the attack.
I was repulsed by the movie's violence.
The moldy bread repulsed him.
He repulsed all attempts to help him.
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American shells exploded within 5 yards of his position and eventually the attack was repulsed.
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The military said in a statement Sunday their troops repulsed both attacks.
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That interview exposed a deep-seated family rift, with Gosar's brother telling The Arizona Republic he was repulsed by the congressman's comments.
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Violent, upsetting and misleading grindhouse documentaries designed to repulse our moral sense and send us home shaken, primed to become good Catholic child soldiers who would protect defenceless wee babbies from their own mammies.
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In a league legislated to feature quarterbacks, that repulses players programmed to destroy passers.
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When the police target Pascal as a suspect, the intrigue kicks up a notch, introducing a familiar but effective conundrum in which Moll is both repulsed and aroused by the possibility of her lover's guilt.
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Weeks later, Vox’ Zack Beauchamp wrote: Trump’s assaults on democracy have, for the most part, been repulsed.
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But the truth was that Sartre, like Beauvoir a few months later, was both fascinated and repulsed by America and American culture.
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Origin and Etymology of repulse
Latin repulsus, past participle of repellere to repel
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Near Antonyms
allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, disarm, draw, enchant, entice, fascinate, lure, pull, seduce, tempt;
delight, gratify, please, rejoice, tickle;
Phrases
turn one's stomach;
Examples of repulse in a Sentence
the waiter's incredibly rude repulse of our polite request for a better table—one that wasn't right next to the kitchen—prompted us to walk out
Recent Examples of repulse from the Web
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After another great inwash of Hispanics, peaking during the late 1990s at around 750,000 arrivals a year, a repulse was inevitable.
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Fog stalled airborne reinforcements to British forces at Arnhem in 1944, contributing to the German repulse of a major Allied initiative.
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Valerian wheezes to a close and then gives us a sloppy, oafish grin, one that, much like an ugly dog, both endears and repulses.
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Valerian wheezes to a close and then gives us a sloppy, oafish grin, one that, much like an ugly dog, both endears and repulses.
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Valerian wheezes to a close and then gives us a sloppy, oafish grin, one that, much like an ugly dog, both endears and repulses.
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Valerian wheezes to a close and then gives us a sloppy, oafish grin, one that, much like an ugly dog, both endears and repulses.
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First Known Use of repulse
15th century
repulse Synonyms
Synonyms
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REPULSE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of repulse for English Language Learners
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: to force (someone) to stop attacking you
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: to cause dislike or disgust in (someone)
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: to reject (someone or something) in a rude or unfriendly way
REPULSE Defined for Kids
Definition of repulse for Students
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