Words similar to repelling

Example sentences for: repelling

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As India's efforts to evict Pakistan-backed Muslim guerrillas from the disputed territory entered the seventh day, the daily Dawn of Pakistan led on Pakistani troops repelling three cross-border raids that India denied had taken place.
This is a strange flip-flop, because in those days, just as today, more people were interested in attracting rather than repelling visitors and settlers.