Translations for „repulse“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

I . repulse [rɪˈpʌls] VB trans form

1. repulse attack:

repulse

odpierać [perf odeprzeć]

2. repulse (reject):

repulse

odrzucać [perf odrzucić]

repulse friendship, advances

odtrącać [perf odtrącić]

3. repulse (disgust):

repulse

napawać wstrętem

II . repulse [rɪˈpʌls] N no pl MIL

repulse form

odparcie nt

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

All hostile attacks against that position were repulsed.

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Its neon-lit nightscapes and vivid brutality dance, shock--and leave the viewer both riveted and repulsed.

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However, government forces were able to repulse the attack.

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He is repulsed when the ugly old woman embraces him, but reacts quite differently when she transforms into a beautiful younger woman.

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Instead, the contraction caused by pair-creation provokes increased thermonuclear activity within the star that repulses the inward pressure and returns the star to equilibrium.

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