Repel

  • 121repulse — I verb beat back, beat off, chase, check, counteract, countervail, defeat, dispel, drive away, drive back, eschew, fend off, frustrate, gainsay, grapple with, hinder, impede, keep at bay, make a stand, obstruct, oppose, oppugn, overthrow,… …

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  • 122oppose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. contrast, confront; combat, counter, resist, hinder; contradict, refute, cross; repel, withstand; obstruct; contravene. See opposition, confutation, negation, resistance.Ant., support. II (Roget s… …

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  • 123sicken — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. ail; languish, droop, waste away; cloy, weary; make ill, afflict; nauseate, revolt. See disease, pain, dislike. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To contract a disease] Syn. become ill, become sick, take sick,… …

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  • 124turn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rotation, revolution; twirl, twist; deflection, diversion; coil, convulsion; change; crisis; aptitude, ability, skill; act, skit; spell, shift, tour, trick. v. revolve, rotate, pivot; reel; rebel,… …

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  • 125fend off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. keep off, ward off, repel, deflect; see defend 1 , repel 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. defend, parry, resist, ward off, dodge, repel, deflect, divert, shield from, keep at bay, protect, evade, repulse …

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  • 126repulse — re•pulse [[t]rɪˈpʌls[/t]] v. pulsed, puls•ing, n. 1) to drive back; repel 2) to repel with denial; refuse or reject 3) cvb to cause feelings of repulsion in; disgust 4) the act of repelling 5) a refusal or rejection 6) the fact of being repelled …

    From formal English to slang

  • 127ἀμυντικά — ἀμυντικός prompt to repel affront neut nom/voc/acc pl ἀμυντικά̱ , ἀμυντικός prompt to repel affront fem nom/voc/acc dual ἀμυντικά̱ , ἀμυντικός prompt to repel affront fem nom/voc sg (doric aeolic) …

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  • 128ἀμυντικώτερον — ἀμυντικός prompt to repel affront adverbial comp ἀμυντικός prompt to repel affront masc acc comp sg ἀμυντικός prompt to repel affront neut nom/voc/acc comp sg …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)