transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪpʌls ]
( repulses, repulsing, repulsed)
1.
If you are repulsed by something, you think that it is horrible and disgusting and you want to avoid it.
Evil has charisma. Though people are repulsed by it, they also are drawn to its power.
= repel
≠ attract
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
2.
If an army or other group repulses a group of people, they drive it back using force.
The armed forces were prepared to repulse any attacks.
VERB : V n