Repulse

//ɹɪˈpʌls//

"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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