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repulsing
verb as in push away
Example Sentences
This ion is pushed out of the crystal by the repulsing forces of the nearby Li+ ions.
"The intensity of assaults there has increased ... The enemy has chosen a new point - Makiivka - and is directing all its main efforts into this direction. Of course, we are also repulsing enemy attacks and inflicting damage on forces and equipment."
Staufenbiel was at his best when it came to illuminating the emotional energies attracting or repulsing these characters.
“Russian forces, even if severely degraded and lacking ammo, are likely capable of delaying, containing or repulsing individual platoon or company-sized Ukrainian advances unless these attacks are better coordinated and synchronized along the broader frontline,” Mr. Gady said last week after returning from an inspection tour of the battlefield in Ukraine.
"The enemy is trying to regain what they have lost... but our forces are repulsing the attacks," she said in televised remarks.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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