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Repulse
"Repulse" in a Sentence (8 examples)
They failed to repulse our attack.
His work adds long descriptions of rotting corpses to nauseate and repulse.
to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy
If we fail to repulse the enemy within the gates--unemployment, poverty, disorganized agriculture and the like--from whence may we expect the united strength and clear purpose to repulse any outside force?
to repulse a suitor
At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness. She was not repulsed, but her reception was cold; and this hurt her almost as badly.
The smell of rotting food repulsed me.
I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.
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