Verb
To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant.
To resist or oppose effectually; as, to repel an assault, an encroachment, or an argument.
To act with force in opposition to force impressed; to exercise repulsion.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf 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. George Washington
If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them. Camille Paglia
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 a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. Abraham Lincoln
I'm not afraid of heights. I rock climb. I can repel off the side of a building. Kate Hudson
How easy it is to repel and release every impression which is troublesome and immediately to be tranquil. Marcus Aurelius
There was nothing in these views to repel a student; or to make Keynes attractive. Keynes had nothing to offer those of us who had sat at the feet of Simons, Mints, Knight, and Viner. Milton Friedman