Synonyms

1. fight off
2. drive back
3. repel
4. rebuff

Sentence Examples

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If anything, his foul mood could repulse the nastiest beasts in the northern lands.
4. This morning, when I went to see him after his repulse of Van Helsing, his manner was that of a man commanding destiny.
5. He stretched both hands to repulse the falling rocks.
6. At this slight repulse the assailants instantly withdrew, and gradually the place became as still as before the sudden tumult.
7. 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.