2. Noun. (plural of repulse) ¹
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Definition of Repulses
1. repulse [v] - See also: repulse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repulses
Literary usage of Repulses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1880)
"all the instruments of attack which antiquity had invented. repulses Fascines
were prepared to fill the ditches, ..."
2. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1858)
"... Brissot Letters of Introduction—Outfit—New Consular Convention—Annoyed by
French Creditors of United States—repulses Impertinence of General Armand—Asks ..."
3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... enters the Trinity—repulses several assaults—Citadel surrenders 5th December—St.
Cyr marches on Barcelona—Crosses the Ter—Deceives Lazan—Turns ..."
4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... with six thousand men. reaches Gerona—Lord Cochrane enters the Trinity—repulses
several assaults—Citadel surrenders 5th December—St. Cyr marches on ..."
5. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1827)
"GREECE—Engagements between the Greek and Turkish Fleets—Siege of Missolonghi—
Attacks and repulses of Ibrahim—Capture by Ibrahim of ..."
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