Only direct contact with the Holiest of items, The Host, The Cross, and Holy water, will suffice to repel her. |
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In fact most European magic was apotropaic, seeking to prevent, to protect, to repel. |
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It didn't offend me, amuse me, arouse me, repel me, seduce me or astound me. |
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Other oils, which will repel insect pests, although not as fragrantly pleasant, are eucalyptus and citronella. |
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You don't think of cruise ships as needing to carry equipment to repel boarders. |
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A senior MI5 counter-intelligence expert has been appointed to help repel cyberwarriors working for foreign governments. |
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Think of the urine soaked handkerchiefs used by Canadian soldiers in The Great War to repel the effects of German poison gases. |
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Like chili plants, tarantulas produce agony-inflicting toxins designed to repel would-be predators, researchers say. |
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It has a waterproof design, which means it can repel everything from your stinky sweat to a good game of Marco Polo. |
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The resins flow rate and total production influence the pine tree's ability to physically repel a bark beetle attack. |
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Simply fill its attractive sterling silver jewelry with a citrus-scented oil to naturally repel mosquitoes, gnats, bees and wasps. |
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Battery-operated, it is designed to repel slugs and snails, without harming them, by sending a low electrical current through a conductive tape. |
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Ship owners have been advised to install electric fencing to repel boarders. |
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They were like soldiers in the trenches when they dug in to repel waves of attack when beating the Dutch 1-0 at Lansdowne Road in the qualifiers. |
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In addition, the highly acidic amino acid residues repel the negatively charged DNA phosphate backbone electrostatically. |
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Since nuclei carry positive electrical charges, they normally repel one another. |
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This she did with a measure of maturity beyond her years, moving quickly to repel attacks and eliminate danger. |
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They used powerful spells on the relic, that would prove to be most potent and would repel evil forces from using it. |
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These cells disperse into mucilage, which can attract or repel certain microorganisms within the immediate surroundings of the root. |
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Many yarn manufacturers make mothproof wool, which is chemically treated to repel or kill moths that come in contact with it. |
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The grease in the lithographer's crayon or tusche will repel water during the lithographic process. |
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The single-player option begins with a mission that calls on the player to command three units to help to repel a barbarian attack near Rome. |
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In India, neem is traditionally burnt to repel disease-carrying mosquitoes. |
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Cosmos and chrysanthemums, along with marigolds, may repel Mexican bean beetles from beans. |
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After 10 years and the labor of over 800,000 soldiers and peasants, China had a wall stretching over 3,000 miles to repel the Mongol hordes. |
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Not only does it repel mosquitoes, but it repels ticks, chiggers, fleas, and flies, too. |
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Materials such as these are called superhydrophobic because of their ability to repel water so completely. |
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Eventually, burning sulfur candles became commonplace for people in attempts to repel mosquitoes, gnats and other nuisance flying insects. |
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Without them the positive charges of nuclei would repel each other, and the world would be a much simpler place. |
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Plant it among the cabbages and with onions and carrots to repel carrot fly. |
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I used to spray with hot peppers and garlic steeped in water, which seemed to not only repel furry critters but also aphids. |
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By the end of his book, Feiler is indulging in the same kind of circular obscurities that repel, rather than seduce, skeptics. |
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The obduracy and obstinacy of human beings is what enables them to fight for their countries, repel invaders and maintain their solidarity. |
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Planted among members of the cabbage family, it helps repel imported cabbageworm. |
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The magnetic fields of these vortices cause them to repel one another just as like-oriented magnets do. |
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Up the slope of the mountain the scrub is less, and massed burrawangs hang out their fronds as if to repel the wanderer. |
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Di Giorgio Martini's fortress walls splay outwards, down to the sea to repel marauding buccaneers. |
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It seems some people repel friends by choosing to wear an air of paranoid victimhood. |
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In conventional superconductors, vibrations of atoms induce electrons, which normally repel each other, to form pairs. |
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The great cause why modern humor and modern sentimentalism repel us, is that they are unwarrantably familiar. |
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Feathering should be trimmed every few months, both to give the dog a smart appearance and to repel the grime that seems to accumulate there. |
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Because nanoscale superconductors don't repel magnetic fields, they could prove useful in a variety of superconducting applications. |
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Many of them are bootlegs made by a sneaky soundman or concertgoer and are of a quality dubious enough to repel the casual listener. |
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However, synthetics like polyester and nylon are naturally hydrophobic, so they repel the water and keep it away from the skin. |
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Allah, the omni-powerful is above all power and shall repel the schemes of the unjust. |
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Almost every decade some dismal group of self-proclaimed patriots mobilises to repel a new invasion or subversive threat. |
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Polymer coatings repel water, protecting the speakers from moisture and corrosion. |
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Numerous people ran past them in the opposite direction, fully armoured and ready to repel the attack. |
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The most moral and just use of violence is to pick up the gun to repel an intruder, an aggressor, an invader. |
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What was it that inspired the nation to repel the aggressors against all the odds? |
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Some tropical bird species rear their young near wasp nests and depend on the insects to repel predators. |
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This left Germany with only sixty divisions with which to repel the Allies on the Western Front. |
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One feels the movement should have been booby-trapped by its own pioneers in order to repel the historians of the future. |
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Like a medieval codex, the book seems laced with charms and spells, to seduce the innocent and repel the hostile. |
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The battle would be a succession of hand-to-hand conflicts to board or to repel boarders. |
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In case there is an incursion into our territories, we have to repel such attacks. |
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Animals such as elephants also use infrasound to communicate over long distances or as weapons to repel foes. |
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These attacks will repel and horrify anyone with any shred of decency or humanity. |
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Despite the bombing, he spoke confidently of his ability to hearten his forces and repel future insurgent attacks. |
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They manage to defend themselves and repel the androids that have attacked them. |
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It's not easy, as we are constantly having to repel invaders, swatting them away like so many mosquitoes. |
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Yet, anyone who played with magnets as a child has felt how magnetic fields of like polarities repel each other. |
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Further along, bioengineering may open the door to fabrics that constantly repel dirt while secreting the fragrances of your choice. |
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The mixture is an excellent material for coatings, according to Parris, because the zein portion resists grease, and the fatty acids repel water. |
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They help to repel leaf miner moths and some gardeners even find them effective against grasshoppers. |
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They say that magnets of the same pole repel each other, but in this case it wasn't so. |
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For me the superstition that made the country folk of England nail owls to barn doors to repel evil forces is detestable and excruciatingly painful to think of. |
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The poorly equipped Kyrgyz army was barely able to repel the attackers. |
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In the aisles between the vines as well as in fallow fields, growers plant different crops to crowd out weeds, repel bugs, and provide soil nutrients. |
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A time when we flirted with ideas that repel us in our adulthood. |
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Coffee grounds are often used around plants to repel snails. |
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On paper, the forces in Tikrit should have been more than adequate to repel even a force of this size. |
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That plan will see a ban on driftnets in some EU waters and the use of acoustic devices, or pingers, to repel dolphins and related species from driftnets. |
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He orders the witch to repel the charge of sorcery by the oath of sixteen women, so these jurywomen must have been often exposed to peremptory challenges. |
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Bieber now knows his perfect body is no longer the weaponry with which to repel his bad press. |
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Scuffles broke out with riot police, who used pepper spray to repel party members wielding Greek flags on thick wooden sticks. |
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With mounting despair, he makes plans to repel the inevitable onslaught. |
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The site is supposed to be located on an Indian burial ground, and I believe they actually had to repel a few Indian attacks as they were building it. |
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It's a bright idea to have crooked cops besiege the police station so that the good cops and their prisoners have to join forces to repel the invaders. |
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He doesn't have the build for the Jackie Chan stunts he uses to repel the onslaught of his friends in crime-fighting, and he doesn't bear himself with heroic presence. |
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The glass, coated with microscopic chemical coatings, has properties which repel moisture and dirt, allowing them to be washed away during normal rainy weather. |
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They went on chanting a peace song that mixed Hebrew and Arabic and then stood up clapping and shaking their left hands up in the air to repel evil. |
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Nato and European Union anti-piracy missions have been deployed to repel attacks and give safe passage to merchant and humanitarian shipping traffic. |
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More prosaically, the Kombai tribe in remote Papua New Guinea swamps hoist their dwellings as much as 30m up towering sago palms to avoid enemies and repel mosquitoes. |
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If menaced with an attack, the divisions at the head and tail of the convoy will keep their positions and repel the enemy by their fire should he attack. |
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Plant tansy or basil around the patio and house to repel mosquitoes. |
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Such masculinity and Japaneseness attract and repel him at the same time. |
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By just being myself I naturally attract the type of people I would otherwise want to attract and repel the people I would otherwise want to repel. |
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There are no painted signs to repel native beachcombers and yet it seems the indigenous people know instinctively where to tread, where not to go. |
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The Marines managed to repel them using indirect fire and close air support. |
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Ticks are on the up-tick, but DuraSpot Dog uses Nylar to kill and repel fleas and ticks for up to four weeks. |
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Some 2,000 men were ordered to gather at Orwell to repel any invasion, but only 55 appear to have actually arrived. |
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Vastly underequipped Bosnian forces, fighting on two fronts, were able to repel Croats and gain territory against them on every front. |
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Should his troops effect a landing, I shall certainly put myself at the head of mine, and my other armed subjects, to repel them. |
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Pyruvic acid causes tears to stream down chefs' cheeks, in an effort to repel the fumes. |
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Richard had the authority to summon the Border Levies and issue Commissions of Array to repel the Border raids. |
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On the positive side, the sap has been used in its native Africa as folk medicine, and to repel mosquitoes and kill rats. |
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However, despite being outdated, Celtic chariot tactics were able to repel the invasion of Britain attempted by Julius Caesar. |
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Text books are frequently and deterioratingly changed and the result is that they repel the students. |
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The victim held up his hand to repel the attacker and received a defensive knife wound. |
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To repel chiggers, look for a natural biting insect repellent that contains geraniol. |
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Washing with the essential oils of citronella, lavender or rose geranium is meant to repel bugs. |
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Planted among early cole crops, sage helps repel the cute little yellow butterflies that produce cabbage worms. |
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It was easy to imagine that the landscape was actively trying to repel us. |
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Silverleaf desmodium is planted in the crop to repel stem borers and to attract the natural enemies of the pest. |
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The only exception is military action to repel an imminent attack. |
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To regulate internal affairs, it has the power to regulate and govern military forces and militias, suppress insurrections and repel invasions. |
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Incense made from materials such as citronella can repel mosquitoes and other irritating, distracting or pestilential insects. |
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However, this time, Novgorod managed to repel Swedish attack by capturing and burning down the castle. |
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The Boers formed loose militias, which they termed commandos, and forged alliances with Khoisan groups to repel Xhosa raids. |
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For instance, pot Marigolds were good companion plants, originally grown to repel bugs and keep insects away from other plants. |
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The BEF was unable to repel the Germans and it became clear that the Channel ports were threatened. |
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He was soon called back into military action in Asia, raising a band of auxiliaries to repel an incursion from the east. |
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Similar to the navy, some boats produce waves that attract porpoises, while others may repel them. |
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Although all tree frogs in Puerto Rico are called Coquis, only two vocalize the koKEE chant which is performed by the males to attract females and repel rival males. |
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Harold assembled an army and a fleet to repel William's anticipated invasion force, deploying troops and ships along the English Channel for most of the summer. |
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Alarmed and awakened, corporate executives and corporate boards began trimming ship and preparing either to repel the Blackbeards or outsail them. |
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But it is still insufficient to preemptively repel the shark from the immediate vicinity of the surfboard in response to dispersion and dilution of the repellent in the water. |
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The Taunton Stop Line was set up to repel a potential German invasion. |
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One strategy for managing shark fisheries and reducing bycatch is to employ repellents that selectively repel elasmobranchs but do not repel target species. |
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The fourth and fifth digits go from the wrist to the trailing edge, and repel the bending force caused by air pushing up against the stiff membrane. |
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Mzilikazi then organised his society into a military system with regimental kraals, similar to those of Shaka, which was stable enough to repel further Boer incursions. |
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The captain shouted at the crew to grab arms and repel boarders. |
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