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repelled

  • past participle
    of repel.
    repel
    verb (used with object)
    to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
  • past tense form
    of repel.
    repel
    verb (used with object)
    to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).

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But the January and June attacks on the international airport and military bases were launched by jihadists and were repelled within hours, the first one with assistance from the Africa Corps.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Nigerien forces had repelled the attack "with the assistance of servicemen of the African Corps of the Russian Ministry of Defence", the foreign ministry in Moscow said on Sunday.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

They were briefly repelled by a security guard, who, along with two other victims in the parking lot, alerted people at the center and police to the attack, saving lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

Cokayne's brave turnover, clamping down in the shadow of her own posts, repelled that attack.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

In vain did Bolivia counterattack with its ally, Peru; Chile simply repelled their incompetently led forces and took over the entire territory, as well as a chunk of southern Peru.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann