[rɪˈpʌls], (Verb)

Definitions:
- drive back (an attack or attacker) by force
(e.g: rioters tried to storm the Ministry but were repulsed by police)

- cause to feel intense distaste and aversion
(e.g: audiences were repulsed by the film's brutality)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin repuls- ‘driven back’, from the verb repellere (see repel)

[rɪˈpʌls], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action of driving back an attack or of being driven back
(e.g: the repulse of the invaders)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin repuls- ‘driven back’, from the verb repellere (see repel)