verb (-ll-)
1 [VN] (formal) to successfully fight sb who is attacking you, your country, etc. and drive them away:
to repel an attack / invasion / invader * Troops repelled an attempt to infiltrate the south of the island. * (figurative) The reptile's prickly skin repels nearly all of its predators.
2 [VN] to drive, push or keep sth away:
a cream that repels insects * The fabric has been treated to repel water.
3 [VN] (not used in the progressive tenses) to make sb feel horror or disgust:
I was repelled by the smell.
4 (technical) if one thing repels another, or if two things repel each other, an electrical or MAGNETIC force pushes them apart:
[VN] Like poles repel each other. [also V]
OPPATTRACT
seealsoREPULSION, REPULSIVE
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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