n. 25B6; verb
the rebels were repulsed : REPEL, drive back/away, fight back/off, put to flight, force back, beat off/back; ward off, hold off; Brit. see off; archaic rebut.
her advances repulsed : REBUFF, reject, spurn, snub, cold-shoulder; informal give someone the brush-off, freeze out; Brit. informal knock back; N. Amer. informal give someone the bum's rush.
his bid for the company was repulsed : REJECT, turn down, refuse, decline.
the brutality repulsed her : REVOLT, disgust, repel, sicken, nauseate, turn someone's stomach, be repugnant to; informal turn off; N. Amer. informal gross out.
25B6; noun
the repulse of the attack : REPELLING, driving back; warding off, holding off.
he was mortified by this repulse : REBUFF, rejection, snub, slight; informal brush-off, knock-back.