1. drives back or repels an attacking force
2. rejects or refuses something firmly
3. causes someone to feel disgust or strong dislike

1. instances of driving back an attack or rejecting something

Examples

• The army repulses the enemy’s advance.
• She repulses his romantic advances.
• The smell of rotten food repulses most people.
• The fortress repulses all attacks.
• His rude behavior repulses everyone around him.
• The team’s defense repulses every scoring attempt.
• The proposal repulses the committee members.