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What does repulsive mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word repulsive? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. tending to rouse aversion or to repulse
  2. (physics) having the capacity to repel
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Killing a human being is always a repulsive act, but at times it is unavoidable, as in self-defense, or in war.
They've all done things that are repulsive and disgusting, and each one is probably haunted by that.
And then there's the repulsive triplewart seadevils, covered with spines and furrows and warts, their large mouths set in a perpetual frown.
It's jarring and offensive and leaves one with nothing but repulsive images that linger on afterwards.
It is perhaps the most disgusting, grotesque and repulsive thing ever shown on television.
The order came after repeated complaints from residents, yet the exact source of the repulsive redolence was never exactly revealed.

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