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- verb Present participle of
repulse .
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Examples
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Engaged in repulsing an attack on the rear end of his fortress, the teamster turned about to see the captain just in the act of stepping on to the seat from the front end.
SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010
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Engaged in repulsing an attack on the rear end of his fortress, the teamster turned about to see the captain just in the act of stepping on to the seat from the front end.
SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010
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Engaged in repulsing an attack on the rear end of his fortress, the teamster turned about to see the captain just in the act of stepping on to the seat from the front end.
South of the Slot 1914
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Engaged in repulsing an attack on the rear end of his fortress the teamster turned about to see the captain just in the act of stepping on the seat from the front end.
South of the Slot 1909
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These were attacked by a body of Confederates and succeeded in repulsing them.
Foreign Intelligence 1862
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It's a deliberate attempt to repulse half of their potential audience, and to sell "collectibles" to people who like the idea of repulsing that half.
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On Wednesday 12 rebels were killed while repulsing an offensive by pro-regime forces in a farmland area called Karareem, about 20 miles southeast of the city.
Clashes Break Near Misrata During Lull in NATO Strikes Sam Dagher 2011
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On Wednesday 12 rebels were killed while repulsing an offensive by pro-regime forces in a farmland area called Karareem, about 20 miles southeast of the city.
Clashes Break Near Misrata During Lull in NATO Strikes Sam Dagher 2011
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After repulsing one column, a week later the Indians shattered another.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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Does the obesity, turning off the opposite sex, beget the malaise, or does the malaise beget the obesity, then repulsing the potential mate?
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