Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "afstoot" is om iemand intense walging of afkeer teenoor iets te laat voel; om iets op 'n harde of stomp manier te verwerp of te weier; om terug te ry of 'n aanval of 'n indringer af te weer.
If anything, his foul mood could repulse the nastiest beasts in the northern lands.
The baffled Magua continued silent several minutes, apparently indifferent, however, to the repulse he had received in this his opening effort to regain possession of Cora.
At this slight repulse the assailants instantly withdrew, and gradually the place became as still as before the sudden tumult.
I would have taken him with me to see the patient, only I thought that after his last repulse he might not care to go again.
He stretched both hands to repulse the falling rocks.
After each repulse, when the old wolf sheered abruptly away from the sharp-toothed object of his desire, he shouldered against a young three-year-old that ran on his blind right side.
This morning, when I went to see him after his repulse of Van Helsing, his manner was that of a man commanding destiny.
