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repeller

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[ri-pel-er] / rɪˈpɛl ər /

noun

  • repellers
    plural
  1. a person or, usually, a thing that repels, pushes back, or drives away, such as a device to repel mosquitoes or sharks (often in combination).


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The innocuous repeller stations can be controlled with Alexa or Google Assistant and can also be programmed using your phone to operate on a set schedule.

From The Verge Jun. 24, 2022

The top of the repeller goes over the cartridge.

From The Verge Jun. 3, 2022

Sometimes it could be an electronic mosquito repeller or the Health Team Infrared Pain Reliever or the Amcor Negative Ion Generator or maybe some fake diamonds or maybe a collectible doll.

From Fox News Nov. 12, 2019

Next, he installed a solar-powered mole repeller, a torpedo-shaped device that emits vibrations that are supposed to keep the moles away.

From The Guardian Mar. 8, 2017

When this letter was read on board the repeller it created considerable merriment, and an answer was sent back that no conditions but those of absolute surrender could be received from the British ship.

From The Great War Syndicate by Frank Richard Stockton

WSJ | Buy Side: Thermacell’s redesigned app-controlled repellers create a bug-free zone in your yard without smelly or harmful sprays.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

It’s run by a hub that plugs into an outdoor outlet and powers up to five repellers: foot-high black towers that contain a heating element and a replaceable repellent cartridge.

From The Verge Jun. 3, 2022

The repellers are connected to the hub by 24-foot cables, which you can bury underground and are daisy-chained, so only one needs to run to the hub.

From The Verge Jun. 3, 2022

While each Liv hub can support up to five repellers, you’d need a second system to protect a second space.

From The Verge Jun. 3, 2022

Also, it points out the necessity for something that none of us ever anticipated needing in an open-space drive—refrigerators or radiating wall-shields or repellers or something of the sort.

From Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

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