Repulsion swept over him when he realized the experiment had failed, causing him to step back from the apparatus.

The sudden repulse of the invading force surprised the town's defenders.

The villagers repulsed the attacking bandits at the riverbank.

The committee discussed the repulsivenesses of each design, noting that aesthetic offense varied widely among members.

Coulomb repulsion prevents two like-charged ions from approaching each other in the crystal lattice.

The professor demonstrated how a repulsion motor operates, emphasizing that it is an alternating current commutator motor designed for single-phase operation in which the armature is supplied by induction from the field of the stator winding.

The lab tested several repulsion motors to evaluate their startup torque and durability.

She waved her cloak repulsingly to turn the stray dogs away from the children.