The word "repelling" is correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used to describe something that causes a strong feeling of distaste or aversion, either physically or emotionally. For example: "The repugnant smell of cigarette smoke was repelling to her."
The Chippendale effect of the masked rogue is pure Marmite sensationalism – repelling some, attracting others.
Even among supporters of the xenophobic Sweden Democrats defence is a question of little interest: they are interested in repelling immigrants, not invasions; while Stefan Löfven, the Social Democrat prime minister, surely spoke for his party when he announced that there was no submarine hunt under way, merely an intelligence investigation into whatever may be found beneath the waves.
In recent days it has showed restraint in repelling attacks by Mehsud and Uzbek militants in North Waziristan, viewing these as an effort to draw Mr Bahadur and his men into the fight.A longer version of this article appears in The Economist print edition.
Suddenly, when Mr Howard started to push back asylum-seekers like a sea captain repelling boarders, the polls began to turn.
But good fortune was a key to his success: his opponents overdid their counter-attack, repelling voters.After Mr Walker announced plans to curb collective bargaining for state workers, the state capitol was besieged for months by thousands of protesters.
But his macho posturing probably ended up repelling more people than it impressed, while unhelpfully reminding them of the trust issues raised by the exploitation of faulty intelligence over Iraq.Meanwhile, his encounters with disillusioned female voters in television studios, designed to demonstrate humility and a willingness to listen, are increasingly looking like a bad idea.
During the cold war, Japan's own "ground self-defence forces" (pacifist Japan's term for its army) laid stress on tank and infantry divisions, with the aim of repelling a Soviet invasion.
These troughs are covered with a waxy water-repelling substance which has the effect of rolling the droplets down the beetle's inclined body towards its mouth.
True, the proportion of young children sleeping under mosquito-repelling nets in Sauri has risen sharply.
These troughs are covered with a waxy water-repelling substance which has the effect of rolling the droplets down the beetle's inclined body and into its mouth.Fog harvesting is not a new idea.
A bednet's mosquito-repelling effect stretches for 500m in all directions, so netless villagers gain some protection from their better-equipped neighbours.Conservative types at first shunned bednets in favour of the mtuti, a hot itchy traditional sleeping bag woven of palm leaves.
