as in dismissal
treatment that is deliberately unfriendly
the waiter's incredibly rude repulse of our polite request for a better table—one that wasn't right next to the kitchen—prompted us to walk out
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as in to disgust
to cause to feel disgust
the smell of that town's paper mill totally repulses me
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as in to repel
to drive back
the defense repeatedly repulsed all of the offense's attempts to move the ball forward, keeping them firmly planted on the 20-yard line
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Recent Examples of repulse
Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021
Yet Mr Trump’s decision to change course represents neither a disastrous retreat nor a major moral repulse.
—The Economist, 23 June 2018
Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
Neither club emerges with any credit from the several days Gallagher spent in limbo in Madrid or training alone at Cobham, and the cold accounting calculations involved on both sides reflect ‘Big Football’ in 2024 in a way that understandably repulses many people.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Stories about chemical and biological weapons are often oversold, for the same reason stories of cannibalistic serial killers are: Peculiar forms of murder repulse and excite us, and old-fashioned forms do not.
—Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021
Yet Mr Trump’s decision to change course represents neither a disastrous retreat nor a major moral repulse.
—The Economist, 23 June 2018
Verb
But what was considered heroic in one era can repulse future generations.
—Elizabeth Blackwell, Longreads, 14 Nov. 2024
Neither club emerges with any credit from the several days Gallagher spent in limbo in Madrid or training alone at Cobham, and the cold accounting calculations involved on both sides reflect ‘Big Football’ in 2024 in a way that understandably repulses many people.
—Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for repulse
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Chang's promotion followed Mayor Cavalier Johnson’s dismissal of former Executive Director Claire Woodall and the ascension of Paulina Gutiérrez, Woodall's deputy, to the department's top post.Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
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Following the dismissal, Morrissey argued that the judge had been misled by the defense, and that the bullets were irrelevant to the case.Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 Dec. 2024
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In the mid-1970s, disgusted by the corruption in his hometown of Jersey City, Cashin ran for mayor.Bob Pisani, CNBC, 2 Dec. 2024
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The Republicans who rid us of Nixon in 1974 would be disgusted.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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The ski patrollers entered each gondola from above, lowered people’s equipment to the ground and then instructed them on how to repel down using a rope with a seat attached.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers.Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
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For example, ghostwood and manzanita branches resist decay better than grapewood.Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 19 Dec. 2024
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The lord of the world resists to the best of his [ability?] all seizures[?]/setbacks[?].Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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There have been only nine rejections of Cabinet nominees by the Senate in American history.George Liebmann, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
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Three genes were eliminated to avoid an immediate immune rejection after the transplant, Montgomery said.Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention says 100 people have been sickened in this salmonella outbreak – the CDC's epidemiologic and traceback data show salmonella contamination may be traced back to cucumbers grown by the produce company Agrotato, S.A. de C.V. in Sonora, Mexico.Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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An unidentified illness with flu-like symptoms has killed dozens of people and sickened hundreds more in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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Part Two Photo: Taylor Hill/WireImage Villeneuve was a surprise nomination-morning miss for the first Dune, but if the snub is repeated, few would be shocked.Nate Jones, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2024
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What, if anything, should officials in Tokyo read into what could easily be seen as a major snub?William Pesek, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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That kind of appalls me to think that people need not expect that of themselves.David Marchese Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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What appalls him now is a lack of accountability in Netanyahu’s government.David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
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“Repulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/repulse. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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