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/ÉšÉĒpˈɛl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "repel"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻšāϟāĻžāύ⧋

to push away or cause something or someone to retreat or withdraw
Transitive: to repel sth
to repel definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The knight held up his shield to repel the incoming arrows.
āύāĻžāχāϟāϟāĻŋ āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āϤ⧀āϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĸāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āωāρāϚ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧃āĻˇā§āĻŖāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause someone to feel a strong dislike or aversion towards something
Transitive: to repel sb
to repel definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her negative comments are repelling customers from the store.
āϤāĻžāϰ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āϠ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of magnetic or electric fields) to force something with a similar charge or magnetic polarity away from itself
Transitive: to repel a charged particle
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When the electric field becomes too strong, similar charges will repel one another.
āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦ⧈āĻĻā§āϝ⧁āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤāĻ–āύ āĻāĻ•āχ āϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reject or dismiss something, especially an idea, argument, or theory
Transitive: to repel an idea or theory
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee repelled the proposal, deeming it unfeasible in the current economic climate.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻŋāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧃āĻˇā§āĻŖāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause a feeling of aversion or dislike
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The bitter taste of the medicine repelled, making it hard to finish the dose.
āĻ“āώ⧁āϧ⧇āϰ āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧃āĻˇā§āĻŖāĻž āϏ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻĄā§‹āϜ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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