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repel
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[rɪˈpɛl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- drive or force (an attack or attacker) back or away
(e.g: they sought to repel the enemy with their machine guns)
- be repulsive or distasteful to
(e.g: she was repelled by the permanent smell of drink on his breath)
- refuse to accept (something, especially an argument or theory)
(e.g: the alleged right of lien led by the bankrupt's solicitor was repelled)
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Origin
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late Middle English: from Latin repellere, from re- ‘back’ + pellere ‘to drive’
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