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REPEL meaning: 1. to make someone or something move away or stop attacking you: 2. If someone or something repels…. Learn more.
[transitive] repel somebody/something (formal) to successfully fight somebody who is attacking you, your country, etc. and drive them away. to repel an attack/invasion/invader; Troops repelled an attempt to infiltrate the south of the island. (figurative) The reptile's prickly skin repels nearly all of its predators. Topics War and conflict c2
REPELLENT definition: 1. a substance used to repel something: 2. making you feel strong disapproval and that you do not…. Learn more.
verb transitive Word forms: reˈpelled or reˈpelling. 1. to drive or force back; hold or ward off. to repel an attack. 2. to refuse to accept, agree to, or submit to; reject. to repel advances. 3. to refuse to accept (a person); spurn.
repel. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Military, Physics, Electricity re‧pel /rɪˈpel/ verb (repelled, repelling) 1 [ transitive] if something repels you, it is so unpleasant that you do not want to be near it, or it makes you feel ill → repulsive The smell repelled him. 2 [ transitive] to make someone who ...
Synonyms for PREVENT: avert, preclude, avoid, forestall, obviate, help, escape, provide; Antonyms of PREVENT: assist, aid, facilitate, promote, encourage, ease ...
PREVENT definition: 1. to stop something from happening or someone from doing something: 2. to stop something from…. Learn more.
