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verb (v)

• cause to move back by force or influence(verb.contact)

  Example:
  Repel the enemy.
  

  Synonym:
  beat back, drive, force back, push back, repulse
  Antonym:
  attract, draw, draw in, pull, pull in
  

  source: wordnet30
• be repellent to; cause aversion in(verb.emotion)

  Synonym:
  repulse
  Antonym:
  appeal, attract
  

  source: wordnet30
• force or drive back(verb.competition)

  Example:
  Repel the attacker.
  

  Synonym:
  drive back, fight off, rebuff, repulse
  

  source: wordnet30
• reject outright and bluntly(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  rebuff, snub
  

  source: wordnet30
• fill with distaste(verb.perception)

  Synonym:
  disgust, gross out, revolt
  

  source: wordnet30
• To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.(verb)

  source: webster1913