Usually means: Drives away; causes strong dislike.
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  1. repulses: Merriam-Webster
  2. repulses: Collins English Dictionary
  3. repulses: Vocabulary.com
  4. repulses: Wordnik
  5. repulses: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. repulses: Wiktionary
  7. repulses: Dictionary.com
  8. repulses: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. repulses: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. repulses: Legal dictionary

(Note: See repulse as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (repulse)

verb:  (transitive) To repel or drive back.
verb:  (transitive) To reject or rebuff.
verb:  (transitive) To cause revulsion in; to repel.
noun:  the act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
noun:  refusal, rejection or repulsion
▸ Also see repulse


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