Associations to the word «Repulse»
Noun
- Raid
- Engagement
- Gun
- Sinking
- Resistance
- Caesar
- Redoubt
- Recapture
- Sunk
- Vicksburg
- Slaughter
- Ottomans
- Prussian
- Torpedo
- Cruiser
- Tam
- Counter
- Grenadier
- Chesterfield
- Bay
- Refit
- Wales
- Corinth
- Cossack
- Inlet
- Barrage
- Byzantine
- Rae
- Royalist
- Prince
- Wager
- Vigilance
- Maratha
- Catapult
- Ottoman
- Roe
- Overture
- Manoeuvre
- Bomber
- Bragg
- Bombardment
- Dragoon
- Hussar
- Fortification
- Suez
- Cora
- Spaniard
- Swede
- Korean
- Outpost
- Caress
- Intercept
- Bulgarian
- Singapore
- Insurgent
- Detachment
- Haifa
- Boulogne
- Convoy
Adjective
Wiktionary
REPULSE, verb. To repel or drive back
REPULSE, verb. To reject or rebuff
REPULSE, verb. To cause revulsion
REPULSE, noun. The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
REPULSE, noun. Refusal, rejection or repulsion
Dictionary definition
REPULSE, noun. An instance of driving away or warding off.
REPULSE, verb. Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack".
REPULSE, verb. Be repellent to; cause aversion in.
REPULSE, verb. Cause to move back by force or influence; "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders".
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.