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:

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."
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.
Two and 15 households in Kisumu and Malindi, respectively reported burning of organic material to repel mosquitoes.
But to exchange public greetings with a mass murderer accords him a legitimacy which should repel most people."
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.