Word Meaning

repels definition and meaning

v. t. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
v. t. To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.
v. i. To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.

Crossword clues for repels

- Beat off
- Cast back
- Cause distaste
- Drive away
- Drive back
- Drive back, disgust
- Drive back, leper!
- Drive off
- Fend off
- Fight off
- Force away
- Force back
- Force back agent before the Spanish appear
- Knock back
- Leper cast back
- Provoke aversion in
- Rebuff
- Repulse
- Resist effectually
- Sicken
- Thrust away
- Ward off
- Drives back
- Fights off
- Forces back or away
- Turns back
- Wards off