āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to repel
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻā§ āĻšāĻāĻžāύā§
to push away or cause something or someone to retreat or withdraw
Transitive: to repel sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The knight held up his shield to repel the incoming arrows.
āύāĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϏāύā§āύ āϤā§āϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĸāĻžāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāϰāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āώā§āĻŖāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause someone to feel a strong dislike or aversion towards something
Transitive: to repel sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her negative comments are repelling customers from the store.
āϤāĻžāϰ āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŽāύā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧠āĻ ā§āϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
(of magnetic or electric fields) to force something with a similar charge or magnetic polarity away from itself
Transitive: to repel a charged particle
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When the electric field becomes too strong, similar charges will repel one another.
āϝāĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϝā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻā§ āĻ
āĻĒāϰāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻāϰāĻž
to reject or dismiss something, especially an idea, argument, or theory
Transitive: to repel an idea or theory
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee repelled the proposal, deeming it unfeasible in the current economic climate.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ
āϰā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āώā§āĻŖāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž
to cause a feeling of aversion or dislike
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bitter taste of the medicine repelled, making it hard to finish the dose.
āĻāώā§āϧā§āϰ āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āώā§āĻŖāĻž āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāϰā§, āϝāĻž āĻĄā§āĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
repellent
repelling
repel
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