Repelling

verb (used with object), repelled, repelling.
1.
to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
2.
to thrust back or away.
3.
to resist effectively (an attack, onslaught, etc.).
4.
to keep off or out; fail to mix with:
Water and oil repel each other.
5.
to resist the absorption or passage of (water or other liquid):
This coat repels rain.
6.
to refuse to have to do with; resist involvement in:
to repel temptation.
7.
to refuse to accept or admit; reject:
to repel a suggestion.
8.
to discourage the advances of (a person):
He repelled me with his harshness.
9.
to cause distaste or aversion in:
Their untidy appearance repelled us.
10.
to push back or away by a force, as one body acting upon another (opposed to attract):
The north pole of one magnet will repel the north pole of another.
verb (used without object), repelled, repelling.
11.
to act with a force that drives or keeps away something.
12.
to cause distaste or aversion.
verb (mainly transitive) -pels, -pelling, -pelled
1.
to force or drive back (something or somebody, esp an attacker)
2.
(also intransitive) to produce a feeling of aversion or distaste in (someone or something); be disgusting (to)
3.
to push aside; dismiss: he repelled the suggestion as wrong and impossible
4.
to be effective in keeping away, controlling, or resisting: an aerosol spray that repels flies
5.
to have no affinity for; fail to mix with or absorb: water and oil repel each other
6.
to disdain to accept (something); turn away from or spurn: she repelled his advances
7.
(also intransitive) to exert an opposing force on (something): an electric charge repels another charge of the same sign