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Repels

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Repels"

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Word	Definition
repulseverb	(transitive) To repel or drive back.
rebuffverb	(transitive) To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
beat backverb	(transitive) To fight against and cause to recede.
turn offverb	(transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
revoltverb	(intransitive) To rebel, particularly against authority.
drive offverb	(idiomatic) To force to leave or go away.
fight offverb	To succeed in defeating a challenge, or an attack.
disgustverb	To cause an intense dislike for something.
brush offverb	(idiomatic) To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
driveverb	To operate a vehicle:
push backverb	To refute or argue against a position or an accusation; to express one's own view on a situation.
snubverb	(transitive) To slight, ignore or behave coldly toward someone.
drive backverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To force someone or something to retreat or move away; repel.
force backverb	cause to move back by force or influence
postponesverb	To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.
pushesverb	(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
rejectsverb	(transitive) To refuse to accept; to forswear.
absorbsverb	(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
repulsesverb	(transitive) To repel or drive back.
neutralizesverb	(American spelling) Alternative spelling of neutralises; third-person singular simple present indicative of neutralize