re'peller
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| —vb , -pels, -pelling, -pelled | |
| 1. | to force or drive back (something or somebody, esp an attacker) |
| 2. | (also intr) to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste in (someone or something); be disgusting (to) |
| 3. | to push aside; dismiss: he repelled the suggestion as wrong and impossible |
| 4. | to be effective in keeping away, controlling, or resisting: an aerosol spray that repels flies |
| 5. | to have no affinity for; fail to mix with or absorb: water and oil repel each other |
| 6. | to disdain to accept (something); turn away from or spurn: she repelled his advances |
| 7. | (also intr) to exert an opposing force on (something): an electric charge repels another charge of the same sign |
| [C15: from Latin repellere, from | |
| re'peller | |
| —n | |
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Re'peller
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