Words similar to repel

Example sentences for: repel

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In due course we wound up with the modern swimsuit and the respectable nearly naked nude, ratified for all time by the Miss America pageant and Sports Illustrated . In the beginning, though, a woman's bathing suit was designed to repel the avid male gaze.
Two and 15 households in Kisumu and Malindi, respectively reported burning of organic material to repel mosquitoes.
Up to this point, no Baby Bell has actually been able to demonstrate this--rather than welcoming competition, the RBOCs have tried to repel it at every turn.
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.
The group wants the treaty to allow people to spray small amounts of DDT on walls indoors to repel disease-carrying mosquitoes.