Words similar to repel

Example sentences for: repel

How can you use “repel” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Perfumes are supposed to attract, not repel (or so their makers would have us believe), and the name scarcely evokes the image of an attractant.
The scent would repel all biting insects in the area.
In another enclosure, the stones wound in white cloth with a yellow sash come from Gunung Rinjani, and Chinese Taoists have put mirrors there to repel the malevolent spirits.
Interviewed later about the deaths of the Africans, Bin Ladin answered that "when it becomes apparent that it would be impossible to repel these Americans without assaulting them, even if this involved the killing of Muslims, this is permissible under Islam."
Two and 15 households in Kisumu and Malindi, respectively reported burning of organic material to repel mosquitoes.