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To repel
verb
To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.
Exact(58)
Install an ultrasonic pet repellent designed to repel cats.
They managed to repel the move.
They seemed designed to repel hugs.
My question appeared to repel him.
We fought to repel a foreign invasion.
Citronella extracted from plants is often used to repel mosquitoes.
We must fight to repel this reactionary counter-current".
Indeed, Fargo seems braced to repel an invading army.
On the shore, a Chilean warship sits to repel invaders.
I danced, which should have been enough to repel her.
Similar(1)
You need to repel the wind.
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