- repel an attack
- отразить нападение
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отразить нападение (repel an attack, foil)
Англо-русский синонимический словарь. 2014.
repel an attack
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repel an attack — drive back an enemy attack … English contemporary dictionary
repel — [ri pel′] vt. repelled, repelling [ME repellen < L repellere, to drive back < re , back + pellere, to drive: see PULSE1] 1. to drive or force back; hold or ward off [to repel an attack] 2. to refuse to accept, agree to, or submit to; reject … English World dictionary
repel — [[t]rɪpe̱l[/t]] repels, repelling, repelled 1) VERB When an army repels an attack, they successfully fight and drive back soldiers from another army who have attacked them. [FORMAL] [V n] They have fifty thousand troops along the border ready to… … English dictionary
repel — re|pel [rıˈpel] v past tense and past participle repelled present participle repelling [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: repellere, from pellere to drive ] 1.) [T] if something repels you, it is so unpleasant that you do not want to be near it,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
repel — verb repelled, repelling 1 (T) if something repels you, you want to avoid it because you do not like it: Her heavy make up and cheap scent repelled him. 2 (T) to fight a group or military force and make them stop attacking you: repel invaders |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
attack — vb Attack, assail, assault, bombard, storm are comparable not only in their military but also in their extended senses. All carry as their basic meaning to make a more or less violent onset upon. Attack originally connoted a fastening upon… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
attack — I n. assault (also fig.) 1) to carry out, make; launch, mount; lead, spearhead; press an attack 2) to provoke an attack 3) to blunt; break up, repel, repulse an attack 4) (often mil.) an all out, concerted, full scale; coordinated; mock; pre… … Combinatory dictionary
repel — [c]/rəˈpɛl / (say ruh pel) verb (repelled, repelling) –verb (t) 1. to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.). 2. to thrust back or away; reject: he repelled several useless suggestions. 3. to resist effectually (an attack, onslaught):… …
repel — repellence, repellency, n. repeller, n. repellingly, adv. repellingness, n. /ri pel /, v., repelled, repelling. v.t. 1. to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.). 2. to thrust back or away … Universalium
attack — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 violence against sb ADJECTIVE ▪ brutal, frenzied, horrific, savage, serious, vicious, violent ▪ unprovoked … Collocations dictionary
repel — verb Repel is used with these nouns as the object: ↑attack, ↑insect, ↑intruder, ↑invasion, ↑mosquito, ↑pest … Collocations dictionary
