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repel
verb
1. To drive back .
2. To fight against .
3. To drive away .
4. To be incapable of adhering to, mixing with, taking up, or holding.
5. To force away or apart or tend to do so by mutual action at a distance.
verb-intransitive
1. To cause aversion or distaste: behavior that repels.
2. To offer a resistant force to something.
verb-transitive
1. Physics To present an opposing force to; push back or away by a force: Electric charges of the same sign repel one another.
2. To be resistant to; be incapable of absorbing or mixing with: Oil repels water.
3. To cause aversion or distaste in: Your rudeness repels everyone. See Synonyms at disgust. See Usage Note at repulse.
4. To offer resistance to; fight against: repel an invasion.
5. To refuse to accept; reject: a company that was trying to repel a hostile takeover.
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eel | 3 |
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lee | 3 |
rep | 5 |
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peel | 6 |
reel | 4 |
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pere | 6 |
pele | 6 |
peer | 6 |
leer | 4 |
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leper | 7 |
repel | 7 |