repulsing
Forcing back attackers
Repulsing is driving back or repelling—typically an attack, an enemy, or an unwanted advance.
Military contexts dominate: The defenders succeeded in repulsing the assault.
The word also covers rejecting with coldness or disgust: She kept repulsing his attempts at conversation.
The related adjective repulsive has shifted toward disgust, but repulsing retains its active, forceful sense.
Pushing away forcefully
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
- defenseProtection against harm
- routingPath selection process
- enemyHostile opposing party
assault · invasion · siege · sortie · fortification · bombardment · skirmish · breach
Causing urge to vomit
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- sickeningCausing disgust or nausea
- repugnantExtremely distasteful or offensive
- loathsomeArousing intense disgust
abhorrent · vile · foul · distasteful · off-putting · stomach-turning · gross · offensive
State of opposing forces
- ferromagnetismStrong atomic magnetic alignment
- diamagnetismWeak repulsion from magnets
- paramagnetismWeak magnetic susceptibility phenomenon
- electromagnetWire-wound magnetic device
flux · lodestone · magnetosphere · induced · levitation · maglev · superconducting
repelling
Pushing away forcefully
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
- defenseProtection against harm
- routingPath selection process
enemy · assault · invasion · siege · sortie · fortification · bombardment · skirmish · breach · sally
nauseating
Causing urge to vomit
- revoltingCausing strong disgust
- sickeningCausing disgust or nausea
- repugnantExtremely distasteful or offensive
loathsome · abhorrent · vile · foul · distasteful · off-putting · stomach-turning · gross · offensive · unpalatable
parry
Defensive blade deflection
avert · divert · rebuff · check · thwart · resist · counter · oppose
polarity
State of opposing forces
- ferromagnetismStrong atomic magnetic alignment
- diamagnetismWeak repulsion from magnets
- paramagnetismWeak magnetic susceptibility phenomenon
electromagnet · flux · lodestone · magnetosphere · induced · levitation · maglev · superconducting
repulsingattracting
Drawing toward oneself
drawing · pulling · magnetizing · drawing in · gravitating
repulsingattracting
Drawing toward oneself
charming · delighting · pleasing · enchanting · captivating
- magnetic repulsionForce opposing like poles
repulsive, repulsion, repulsiveness, repulsions, repulsively