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Definition of Repulse

1. Verb. Force or drive back. "Rebuff the attack"

2. Noun. An instance of driving away or warding off.

3. Verb. Be repellent to; cause aversion in. "The performance is likely to repulse Sue"

4. Verb. Cause to move back by force or influence. ; "Beat back the invaders"

Definition of Repulse

1. v. t. To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.

2. n. The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.

Definition of Repulse

1. Verb. to repel or drive back ¹

2. Verb. to reject or rebuff ¹

3. Verb. to cause revulsion ¹

4. Noun. the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed ¹

5. Noun. refusal, rejection or repulsion ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Repulse

1. to drive back [v -PULSED, -PULSING, -PULSES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Repulse

repugnatorial repugnaunce repugned repugning repugns repullulate repullulated repullulates repullulating repullulation

repullulations repulp repulped repulping repulps repulse (current term) repulsed repulser repulsers repulses

repulsing repulsion repulsion motor repulsions repulsive repulsive(a) repulsive force repulsively repulsiveness repulsivenesses

Literary usage of Repulse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Admiralty by Great Britain High Court of Admiralty (1848)
"On the part of the Prince of Waterloo a counter- agreement was signed by Captain Elder, the master, in these words:— " Ship repulse, off Algoa Bay, ..."

2. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"April 13—French make slight gains east of Berry-au-Bac ; Germans repulse French attacks at several points ; Germans gain ground In the Forest of Le Prêtre ..."

3. The New York Times Current History (1915)
"April 13—French make slight gains east of Berry-au-Bac ; Germans repulse French attacks at several points ; Germans gain ground in the Forest of Le Prêtre; ..."

4. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1881)
"... March 25, 1865—Grant's dispositions in Virginia and North Carolina—Order for movement in front of Petersburg—Rebel attack on Fort Steadman—repulse of ..."

5. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1881)
"... the Wilderness—Success of Lee's right—repulse of Lee's right—Burnside finally attacks—Movements of Warren and Sedgwick—Late attack on Sedgwick—Sedgwick ..."

6. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1882)
"... —repulse of rebels—Desperate strategy of Lee—Movement of Grant to left, ... contrary to orders—Attack on Warren—repulse of Warren—Dissatisfaction of ..."

7. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1881)
"... advance—Warren's repulse—Grant rides to front—Gap between Warren and ... of Lee's right—repulse of Lee's right—Burnside finally attacks—Movements of ..."

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