Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which repulses or drives back.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who repulses, or drives back.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
repulses or drives back.
Etymologies
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Examples
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• Beatrice's fascinator, or "repulser" as it should have been called.
Cheers! English wine challenges champagne with sparkling results 2011
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It's a wholly new development from the gravity line repulser theory, and it shows that this coil will act as a self-exciter.
"The Morons" by Harl Vincent, part 2 Johnny Pez 2010
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I can recognize two parts of them -- one from last night's efforts, and one from your equations of the gravity repulser.
"The Morons" by Harl Vincent, part 5 Johnny Pez 2010
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The repulser units were repelling flat scrith plates overhead and underneath.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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The repulser plate was still in place, a black dot just overhead.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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Then he spent three hours loading unconscious kzinti onto repulser platforms and taking them outside.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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He had overlooked the chance that the superconductor wire wouldn't be strong enough to hold the cloth-wrapped repulser plate, once the plate reached altitude.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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"Find me one of the repulser plates," Louis said without preamble.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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Minutes later a bright nimbus formed around the repulser plate.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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The thread of Sinclair chain should have been invisibly thin, but it glowed silver, and a bright nimbus glowed around the dwindling repulser plate.
The Ringworld Engineers Niven, Larry 1980
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