repulse
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Is repulse a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To repel or drive back.Examples: "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?"transitive
2. (transitive) To reject or rebuff.Examples: "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."transitive
3. (transitive) To cause revulsion in; to repel.Examples: "The smell of rotting food repulsed me."; "I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake."transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary