Repulse \Re*pulse"\, n. [L. repulsa, fr. repellere, repulsum.] 1. The act of repelling or driving back; also, the state of being repelled or driven back.
By fate repelled, and with repulses tired. --Denham.
He received in the repulse of Tarquin seven hurts in the body. --Shak.
Repulse \Re*pulse"\ (r?-p?ls"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Repulsed} (-p?lst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Repulsing}.] [L. repulsus, p. p. of repellere. See {Repel}.] 1. To repel; to beat or drive back; as, to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy.
Complete to have discovered and repulsed Whatever wiles of foe or seeming friend. --Milton.
2. To repel by discourtesy, coldness, or denial; to reject; to send away; as, to repulse a suitor or a proffer.
At another stop at a military base in Saudi Arabia, Cheney refused to say how many U.S. troops have been rushed to the kingdom, but he said they should be able to repulse an attack ordered by Saddam.
Iraq said Monday that its troops, under the direction of President Hussein, fought for 19 hours to repulse the Iranian incursion and that Hussein returned to the capital of Baghdad afer the main fighting ended.
Unlike the insurgencies against sitting governments in Nicaragua and Angola, the Afghanistan war is an effort to repulse a Soviet invasion, and probably will continue to be supported after Mr. Reagan leaves office.
Critics charged that the first bill violated Japan's "peace" constitution, under which the Self-Defense Forces should have no other mission than to repulse a "limited, small-scale" foreign attack.
Defense Secretary Weinberger, saying the Navy was prepared to repulse any air or sea assault, refused to disclose when the ships would leave the United Arab Emirates for the gulf other than to say the departure was "imminent."
Kuwaiti forces had engaged the Iraqi invaders with heavy artillery in a failed attempt to repulse them, government officials contacted by telephone earlier Thursday said.
Though Arafat's men were able to repulse more than 20 assaults by Mousa's guerrillas, they have steadily lost ground.