revulsive

Example Sentences

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His pre-emptive legal action strongly denied her allegations, labelling them "revulsive and untrue".

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

Huxley's original story is both inspired by and a revulsive reaction to the society-wide fascination with science and the technological advancement ramping up between the two World Wars.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2020

This is the only really revulsive show that has opened this season, pretending to a depth and insight that it totally lacks.

From Time Magazine Archive

No doubt, in many instances, its action as a revulsive may be beneficial; and urtication, or the stinging with nettles, has not unfrequently been prescribed with advantage.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Leeches have been applied to the parts mentioned, and over the mastoid processes have sometimes been used with advantage, but their depletory surpasses their revulsive action, and is, so far, injurious.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various