1. Force or drive back
   "repulse the attacker";
   - repel, fight off, rebuff, drive back
    
2. Cause to move back by force or influence
   "repulse the enemy";
   - repel, drive, force back, push back, beat back
    
3. Be repellent to; cause aversion in
   "Her rude behaviour repulsed everyone at the party";
   - repel

1. An instance of driving away or warding off
   "The army's repulse of the invaders was celebrated throughout the country";
   - rebuff, snub

Derived forms: repulsed, repulses, repulsing

See also: force

Type of: defend, displease, dispute, fight, fight back, fight down, force, oppose, push, rejection

Encyclopedia: Repulse