Repel
verb
To push or force something or someone away or back.
The scientist uses a magnet to repel metal objects.
Often appears as...
- repel an attack
- repel invaders
verb
To cause someone to feel disgust or dislike.
The sight of blood repels me.
Often appears as...
- repel someone with
- repel by
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To refuse to accept or agree with something.
She repelled all his attempts at helping her.
Often appears as...
- repel the idea
- repel a suggestion
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To resist successfully.
The army repelled the enemy forces.
Often appears as...
- repel an assault
- repel an invasion
verb
To keep something harmful or unwanted away.
This spray repels mosquitoes.
Often appears as...
- repel insects
- repel pests
verb
To push or force something or someone away or back.
The scientist uses a magnet to repel metal objects.
Often appears as...
- repel an attack
- repel invaders
verb
To cause someone to feel disgust or dislike.
The sight of blood repels me.
Often appears as...
- repel someone with
- repel by
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To refuse to accept or agree with something.
She repelled all his attempts at helping her.
Often appears as...
- repel the idea
- repel a suggestion
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To resist successfully.
The army repelled the enemy forces.
Often appears as...
- repel an assault
- repel an invasion
verb
To keep something harmful or unwanted away.
This spray repels mosquitoes.
Often appears as...
- repel insects
- repel pests
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Push
Used when an object or person is forced to move away.
Wind turbines can repel birds, pushing them to fly elsewhere.
Pro Tip 2/2Magnetic Forces
Refers to how magnets either attract or repel each other.
Like poles of magnets repel, causing them to push apart.
Compare with
deterdisgustdispeldrive awayexpelfend offkeep awayrepulse
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My glacier cave...
so we could tie off ropes and repel down into the hole. This is me looking into the entrance crevasse. At the end of this hole, we found a huge tunnel going right up the mountain underneath thousands of tons of glacier ice. We followed this cave back for about a half mile until it came to an end. And then with the help of our survey tools,
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The Survival of the Sea...
they trade one set of threats for another, as they first face the repelling force of the waves, and then find a whole new host of predators awaiting Various fish, dolphins, sharks, and sea birds, as the young turtles come to the surface for air. For their first few days of life, should they count themselves amongst the living,
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How do you build a...
computer we don't you just need these individual elements we also need to connect them together logically and so how do we do that well there we use the fact that our atoms are charged and that means that they push on each other they repel each other like balls on the end of a spring if I move one the other one
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The Killer Rat with...
And also duck billed platypus males, they've got the claw when they when they're protecting females from other males. Exactly. Exactly that. So only a handful of species. But our amazing news today is that some scientists have discovered yet another animal which uses toxins to repel potential
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Alex Wissner-Gross: A...
on to our descendants to help them rebuild civilization, that concept should be that all matter around us is made out of tiny elements that attract each other when they're far apart but repel each other when they're close together. My equivalent of that statement to pass on to descendants
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Why do we cry? The three...
which keeps the whole thing fastened to her. On top of it is the aqueous layer, which keeps Iris hydrated, repels invasive bacteria, and protects her skin, or cornea, from damage. And, finally, there is the lipid layer, an oily outer film that keeps the surface smooth
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Can plants talk to each...
These advance warnings increase the plants chance of survival. Bean plants also eavesdrop on each other's health through these fungal conduits. An aphid investation in one plant triggers its neighbor to ramp up production of compounds that repel aphids
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How Spiders Use...
sort of like a built-in weather station. If the conditions are right, the spider then "tiptoes" on its back legs, raises its abdomen, and releases its silk to the air. The silk strands are charged, which causes them to repel away from each other
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Can you solve the egg...
and repelling down before the police can arrive. All eggs are identical in weight and construction, but each floor's egg is more rare and valuable than the one below it. While the thief would naturally like to take the priceless egg at the top,
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Alex Honnold Rappels...
as we're descending. So I reckon if we put over the top of that. That is a very improvised rope protector. I think it's good. It's going to run through that. OK, this is the most bomb repel of my entire life.
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My glacier cave...
so we could tie off ropes and repel down into the hole. This is me looking into the entrance crevasse. At the end of this hole, we found a huge tunnel going right up the mountain underneath thousands of tons of glacier ice. We followed this cave back for about a half mile until it came to an end. And then with the help of our survey tools,
Video examples
The Survival of the Sea...
they trade one set of threats for another, as they first face the repelling force of the waves, and then find a whole new host of predators awaiting Various fish, dolphins, sharks, and sea birds, as the young turtles come to the surface for air. For their first few days of life, should they count themselves amongst the living,
Video examples
How do you build a...
computer we don't you just need these individual elements we also need to connect them together logically and so how do we do that well there we use the fact that our atoms are charged and that means that they push on each other they repel each other like balls on the end of a spring if I move one the other one
Video examples
The Killer Rat with...
And also duck billed platypus males, they've got the claw when they when they're protecting females from other males. Exactly. Exactly that. So only a handful of species. But our amazing news today is that some scientists have discovered yet another animal which uses toxins to repel potential
Video examples
Alex Wissner-Gross: A...
on to our descendants to help them rebuild civilization, that concept should be that all matter around us is made out of tiny elements that attract each other when they're far apart but repel each other when they're close together. My equivalent of that statement to pass on to descendants
Video examples
Why do we cry? The three...
which keeps the whole thing fastened to her. On top of it is the aqueous layer, which keeps Iris hydrated, repels invasive bacteria, and protects her skin, or cornea, from damage. And, finally, there is the lipid layer, an oily outer film that keeps the surface smooth
Video examples
Can plants talk to each...
These advance warnings increase the plants chance of survival. Bean plants also eavesdrop on each other's health through these fungal conduits. An aphid investation in one plant triggers its neighbor to ramp up production of compounds that repel aphids
Video examples
How Spiders Use...
sort of like a built-in weather station. If the conditions are right, the spider then "tiptoes" on its back legs, raises its abdomen, and releases its silk to the air. The silk strands are charged, which causes them to repel away from each other
Video examples
Can you solve the egg...
and repelling down before the police can arrive. All eggs are identical in weight and construction, but each floor's egg is more rare and valuable than the one below it. While the thief would naturally like to take the priceless egg at the top,
Video examples
Alex Honnold Rappels...
as we're descending. So I reckon if we put over the top of that. That is a very improvised rope protector. I think it's good. It's going to run through that. OK, this is the most bomb repel of my entire life.
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Leandra Medine
American Author
I gained this new sense of control over my love life because when I called myself a 'man repeller,' you assumed that being single is my choice. I'm man-repelling because that's how I want to dress. I'm not single because no men like me. I'm single because I choose fashion over a relationship.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
The ego mind both professes its desire for love and does everything possible to repel it, or if it gets here anyway, to sabotage it. That is why dealing with issues like control, anger, and neediness is the most important work in preparing ourselves for love.
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Abraham Lincoln
American President
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
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George Washington
American President
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
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Conor McPherson
Irish Playwright
I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.
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Lee Mack
English Comedian
We have all said things that are offensive when taken out of context. You don't need to tell the public to be repelled. They will tell you they are repelled.
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Rachel Roy
American Designer
I tell girls all the time that the men that have fallen in love with me, have all fallen during a man repeller stage... funny how life works out like that.
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Mika
British Musician
I certainly don't follow fashion. I think fashion, as far as the industry and the whole world that surrounds it, is quite vile, and I'm repelled by it.
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Jamaica Kincaid
Novelist
What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.
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Kate Hudson
American Actress
I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building.
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Leandra Medine
American Author
I gained this new sense of control over my love life because when I called myself a 'man repeller,' you assumed that being single is my choice. I'm man-repelling because that's how I want to dress. I'm not single because no men like me. I'm single because I choose fashion over a relationship.
Quote examples
Marianne Williamson
American Author
The ego mind both professes its desire for love and does everything possible to repel it, or if it gets here anyway, to sabotage it. That is why dealing with issues like control, anger, and neediness is the most important work in preparing ourselves for love.
Quote examples
Abraham Lincoln
American President
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
Quote examples
George Washington
American President
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
Quote examples
Conor McPherson
Irish Playwright
I guess I'm attracted and repelled by isolation. It scares me. And it's why I tend to write about older characters, too, because for them the stakes are somewhat higher.
Quote examples
Lee Mack
English Comedian
We have all said things that are offensive when taken out of context. You don't need to tell the public to be repelled. They will tell you they are repelled.
Quote examples
Rachel Roy
American Designer
I tell girls all the time that the men that have fallen in love with me, have all fallen during a man repeller stage... funny how life works out like that.
Quote examples
Mika
British Musician
I certainly don't follow fashion. I think fashion, as far as the industry and the whole world that surrounds it, is quite vile, and I'm repelled by it.
Quote examples
Jamaica Kincaid
Novelist
What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.
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Kate Hudson
American Actress
I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building.
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