Repulse

Definition: Repulse

Repulse

Noun

1. An instance of driving away or warding off.

Verb

1. Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack".

2. Be repellent to; cause aversion in.

3. Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "repulse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Repulse

Failure

Repulse, rebuff, defeat, rout, overthrow, discomfiture; beating, drubbing; quietus, nonsuit, subjugation; checkmate, stalemate, fool's mate.

Recession

Verb: repel, push from, drive apart, drive from; chase, dispel; retrude; abduce, abduct; send away; repulse.

Noun: repulsion; driving from; Verb: repulse, abduction.

Recoil

Noun: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration; kick, contrecoup; springing back; Verb: elasticity; reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux; reverberation; (resonance); rebuff, repulse; return.

Refusal

Resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn; (repudiate); rescind; (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent.

Declinature; peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal; repulse, rebuff; discountenance.

Resistance

Repulse, rebuff.

Prendre le mors aux dents; sell one's life dearly, die hard, keep at bay; repel, repulse.

Crosswords: Repulse

That does not repulse me as you might imagine (Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn; writing credit: Verónica Suárez)

Repulse of Spanish Troops at Santiago (1899)

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Books

• Nine Months to Gettysburg: Standard's Vermonters and the Repulse of Pickett's Charge (reference)

• Renown and Repulse (reference)

• Repulse Monkey (reference)

• The loss of the Prince of Wales and Repulse (reference)

  (more book examples)

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View looking aft, showing her 15" guns, taken while she was on maneuvers off Portland, England, circa 1926. HMS Repulse is next astern. P. Credit: NAVY; photo by Underwood & Underwood. The original is dated 8 November 1926..

Photograph taken from a Japanese aircraft during the initial high-level bombing attack. Repulse, near the bottom of the view, has just been hit by one bomb and near-missed by several more. Prince of Wales is near the top of the image, generating a considerable amount of smoke. Japanese writing in the lower right states that the photograph was reproduced by authorization of the Navy Ministry. Credit: NAVY.

Japanese war art painting by Nakamura Kanichi, 1942, depicting Japanese Navy aircraft making successful torpedo attacks on the British battleship Prince of Wales (center) and battlecruiser Repulse (left) on 10 December 1941. Planes shown include "Betty" bombers. Credit: NAVY.

Leading other Royal Navy capital ships during maneuvers, circa the later 1920s. The next ship astern is HMS Renown. The extensive external side armor of Repulse and the larger "bulge" of Renown allow these ships to be readily differentiated. Photograph by Underwood & Underwood. Credit: NAVY.

Goldi tribesmen acting out folk drama, "The repulse of the kidnapper". Credit: Library of Congress.

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They may repulse the present attempt, but must not revenge past violences: for it is natural for us to defend life and limb, but that an inferior should punish a superior, is against nature. (Second Treatise of Government)

On the other hand I repulse the idea that a new war is inevitable; still more that it is imminent. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

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It remained only to complete this repulse by a crushing charge

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Economic History

Peru

Best prospects include: angular and frontal crane trucks, drilling and pumping machines, solid carbon steel bars, crowns and trepans, christmas tree valves, drill bits, drilling and extraction ground machinery, large drill and reamers, no repulse drilling machines, stainless steel globe valves, parts for turbines, steam single cylinder engines, integral large drills, carbon stainless steel slug, polyethylene pipe, seamless pipe, accessories for pipes, vessels for compressed gas, burners for gas, reducer pressure valves, gas valves and parts, safety valves, measurement and controllers, gas reducers and regulators and centrifugal pumps. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "repulse": meet with a repulse ♦ repulse an attack ♦ suffer a repulse. Additional references.

Albanian

refuzim (denial, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, nay, negative, no, rebuff, refusal, rejection, renouncement, set down, spurn), zmbrapsje (check, climbdown, kick, recoil, repercussion, retreat, return, revulsion, wince), zmbraps (beat off, check, drive back, fight off, foil, hold off, repel, turn), neverit (abhor, cloy, contempt, detest, disdain, disgust, scorn, sicken), mospranim (challenge, denial, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, nay, non-acceptance, objection, refusal, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, spurn). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هزيمة (beating, debacle, defeat, discomfiture, drubbing, licking, overthrow, reverse, rout, thrashing, trimming, wall), ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏رفض (decline, defy, denial, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negate, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, rebuff, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repudiation, scorn, set aside, throw out, throw over, toss, turn down). (various references)

Bulgarian 

срязване (put down, rake, rebuff, set down, shear, shearing, squelch), срязвам (cut, detruncate, rebuff, scissor, scotch, set down, shear, snub, squelch), чуквам (bump up against, knock), отказ (abandonment, declination, denial, nay, negative, no, refusal, rejection, surrender, thumbs down, traverse), отвращавам (disgust, horrify, nauseate, pip, repel, revolt, shock, sicken, turn off), отблъскване (repulsion, spurn), отблъсквам (avert, beat off, counter, drive back, estrange, fight off, foil, head off, jar, press back, push away, push back, put off, rebuff, reject, resist, spurn, stave off, throw back, thrust aside, turn off, ward), отпор (letdown, rebuff, resistance, set down, stand), оборвам (controvert, explode, meet, rebut, refute), неуспех (baffle, down, failure, fiasco, fizzle, miscarriage, mishap, reverse, slip up, unsuccess), поражение (backdown, baffle, beating, defeat, failure, injury, knockout, lesion, overturn, reverse, smash, walloping, whipping). (various references)

Chinese 

逐退 , 击退 (Repulsed, Repulsing). (various references)

Czech

zahnání, odrazit (beat, beat off, fend, fend off, fight off, force back, hold off, intercept, push off, rebut, repel, return, ricochet, shove off, strike back, throw back, ward off), odražení (Parry), odmítnutí (adamant, brush off, denial, nay, rebuff, refusal, rejection), odmítnout (decline, deny, impeach, kill, rebuff, refuse, reject, renege, repel, repudiate, snub, turn down, wave aside). (various references)

Dutch

weren, verdringen (suppress), terugdringen. (various references)

Esperanto

repuŝi. (various references)

Farsi 

پس زنی (Backlash, Backstroke, Jib, Kick, Rebuttal, Recess, Repercussion), راندن (Booh, Dislodge, Drive, Force, Hurry, Pilot, Poach, Rein, Row, Steer, Stub, Unkennel, Whisk), رد (Denial, Disavow, Disavowal, Disproof, Exception, Rebuff, Rebuttal, Refusal, Rejection, Veto), دفع کردن (Dispel, Ejaculate, Eject, Excrete, Exorcise, Quench, Raise, Repel), دفع (Exclusion, Excretion, Expultion, Propulsion, Rebuff, Rebuttal, Repercussion). (various references)

Finnish

sysätä luotaan (push away, rebuff), lyödä takaisin (beat back, hit back). (various references)

French

rejeter (refuse, refute, reject, repudiate). (various references)

German

zurückschlagen (beat back, beat off, beatback, fight back, flare back, fold back, hit back, kick, knock away, knock back, leaf back, pull back, repel, retaliate, return, roll back, strike back, swing back, to repulse, to strike back, turn down), abweisen (dismiss, refuse, reject, repel, to repel, to repulse, turn away, turn down). (various references)

Greek 

απόκρουση (repulsion, save), απωθώ (drive back, push back, repel), αποκρούω (abjure, beat off, fend off, repel, save, spurn, throwback, ward off), αποποιούμαι (abnegate, disclaim, rebuff, renounce). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"שיב ריק, ל�"�"וף (bear down, beat off, blast, fend off, fight off, hold off, jolt, push, repel, shove, stave off, ward off). (various references)

Hungarian

visszaverés (beat off, repulsion), kudarc (abortion, beating, bust, defeat, discomfiture, failure, fiasco, fizzle, kick in the pants, miscarriage, set-back, squib, throw back), elutasítás (condemnation, denial, disallowance, disavowal, dismissal, rebuff, refusal, rejection, repudiation, set down, set-down, spurn). (various references)

Indonesian

menangkis (parry, rebut, repel, ward off). (various references)

Italian

ripulsa (rebuff, rejection, spurn), rifiuto (cancellation, denial, disaffirmation, disallowance, dross, junk, nay, no, rebuff, refusal, refuse, rejection, spurn, waste), respingere (beat off, disallow, dismiss, fail, kill, push away, quash, reduce, reduce the price, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, return, set aside, shove, spurn, stave off, ward off), sconfitta (beating, defeat, discomfiture, elimination, walloping). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'�退 (repel). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

�'きたい (repel). (various references)

Manx

cur ergooyl (abandon, stand over), brishey (bankrupt, bankruptcy, break, breakage, burst, cash, cashier, change money, contravention, crash, decode, depose, disbar, dismiss, dismissal, failure, fracture, go back, infringement, interrupt, interruption, pick, raise, ruin, small change, stump, violation, wane). (various references)

Pig Latin

epulseray.(various references)

Portuguese

repulsa (detestation, disallowance, odium, rebuff, rejection, repulsion), repelir (abrogate, beat off, fight off, foil, put back, rebuff, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, resist, stave off, ward off). (various references)

Romanian

respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, force back, kill, leave, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, rebut, recess, refuse, refute, reject, relinquish, repel, repudiate, repugn, return, throw out), repugna (aversion, disgust, loathing, repulsion), refuza (decline, deny, disallow, foreclose, jib at, put back, rebut, refuse, reject, repudiate, resist), eşeca, dezminţi (belie, deny, disavow, gainsay, give the lie to). (various references)

Russian 

отражение атаки, отказ (abandonment, abdication, abnegation, ademption, brush-off, denial, disallowance, disclamation, failure, malfunction, nay, negative, putdown, refusal, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, turndown, waiver), отвергать;отталкивать отпор, отвергать (cast aside, disallow, discard, discarding, jettison, negate, negative, override, overrule, rebut, refuse, refuse to admit, reject, rejecting, repel, repudiate, spurn, turn down, vote down), отпор (rebuff, setdown, set-down). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

odbiti (cast aside, counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, keep off, knock off, overrule, parry, rebuff, reflect, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn away, turn back, turn down, ward off, wean), odbijanje (denial, disallowance, image degradation, nay, reflection, refusal, rejection, repudiation, repulsion, reverberation, set down, setdown, snub), odbaciti (abandon, cast aside, cast away, disallow, discard, dismiss, leave, off it, reject, repel, repudiate, set apart, throw away, toss off). (various references)

Spanish

repulsión (repulsion). (various references)

Swedish

avvisa (disallow, dismiss, meet, overrule, rebuff, reject, send away, set aside, spurn, throw over, turn away, turn down, wave aside). (various references)

Turkish

püskürtmek (atomize, beat off, belch, dash, pulverization, pulverize, repel, spout, spray, spray on, squirt, vaporize, vomit), püskürtme (belching, rollback, spraying, vomit), kovmak (ax, axe, banish, boot, bounce, can, cashier, cast out, chuck out, dislodge, dismiss, drive away, drive out, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, exclude, exile, expel, fend off, fire, get rid of, give smb. the bag, give smb. the chuck, give smb. the gate, give smb. the push, give the sack, kick out, make a clean sweep of, order away, order out, out, pack off, sack, send away, shoo, shoo away, show out, show smb. the door, show the door, turf out, turn away, turn out), kabaca reddetmek, kabaca reddetme, itmek (foil, heft, hustle, impel, jog, propel, push, repel, shove, thrust), itme (impellent, impulse, impulsion, jog, propulsion, push, pushing, repulsion, shove, thrust), itici gelmek (repel), itelemek (elbow, hustle, poke, push, repel), iğrendirmek (cloy, disgust, give the pips, make sick, repel, revolt, sicken), geri tepme (back fire, backfire, jump, kick, reaction, rebound, recoil, repercussion, repulsion, return, reverse), geri çevirmek (decline, fall down, rebuff, refuse, reject, repel, reverse, spurn, turn away, turn back), geri çevirme (declination, rebuff, rejecting, turning back). (various references)

Turkmen 

gaяtawul (rebuff). (various references)

Ukrainian

спростовувати (confute, demolish, deny, disapprove, disprove, negate, negative, nill, overturn, rebut, refute), відсіч (check, rebuff), відмова (abandonment, abjuration, brush off, denegation, denial, disallowance, disclaimer, malfunction, nay, nay-say, negative, no, recession, refusal, relinquishment, surrender, waiver), відбивати (beat, beat back, fend off, image, imprint, mirror, reflect, reverberate, shed). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự cự tuyệt (nay, rebroadcast, rebutment, rebuttal, repudiation). (various references)

reiciendum, reiecta. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "repulse": repulsed, repulser, repulsers, repulses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Repulse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: rephlex, repuise, repuls, ribulose, Ripul. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: lepers, peruse, pulers, pulser, purees, repels, rupees.

-2 letters: leers, leper, lures, peels, peers, peles, perse, prees, prese, puler, pules, pulse, puree, purls, purse, reels, repel, reuse, rules, rupee, sleep, slurp, speel, speer, spree, sprue, super.

-3 letters: eels, else, leer, lees, lues, lure, peel, peer, pees, pele, plus, pree, pule, puls, pure, purl, purs.

+1 letter: cupelers, pleasure, preludes, prequels, repulsed, repulser, repulses, spherule, superlie.

+2 letters: crepuscle, cupellers, drupelets, duplexers, empurples, opercules, peloruses, perilunes, pleasured, pleasures, precludes, preluders, prelusive, prunelles, pulverise, purselike, recouples, replunges, reposeful, repulsers, repulsive, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture, spelunker, spherules, superable, superglue, superlies, supermale, superreal, supersale, supersell, supremely.

+3 letters: crepuscles, crepuscule, fourplexes, overpluses, petroleums, pleurisies, plumberies, plunderers, poulterers, preclusive, prelatures, presageful, presumable, presumedly, pulverised, pulverises, pulverizes, purulences, resculpted, respectful, resupplied, resupplies, sepulchers, sepulchred, sepulchres, sepultures, spelunkers, spherulite, spluttered, splutterer, superclean, superelite, superglues, superhelix, superlarge, superliner, supermales, supermodel, superplane, supersales, superscale, supersells.