(~s, ~ling, ~led)
1.
When an army ~s an attack, they successfully fight and drive back soldiers from another army who have attacked them. (FORMAL)
They have fifty thousand troops along the border ready to ~ any attack.
VERB: V n
2.
When a magnetic pole ~s another magnetic pole, it gives out a force that pushes the other pole away. You can also say that two magnetic poles ~ each other or that they ~. (TECHNICAL)
Like poles ~, unlike poles attract...
As these electrons are negatively charged they will attempt to ~ each other.
V-RECIP: pl-n V, V n
3.
If something ~s you, you find it horrible and disgusting.
...a violent excitement that frightened and ~led her.
= revolt
VERB: no cont, V n
~led
She was very striking but in some way I felt ~led.
ADJ