Repulsing
[rɪ'pʌlsɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repulse
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Examples
- On the right the enemy, if not being pressed back, was at least not repulsing our advance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I was resolute in repulsing him; for I had determined when I went there, that no one should pity me or condescend to me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She--repulsing him with insult, and he imploring her with infatuation. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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