All 3 Uses of
repulse
in
Gone with the Wind
- For one thing, the Yankees had been stoutly repulsed in September when they had tried to follow up their victories in Tennessee by an advance into Georgia.†
Chpt 2.16 *
- Johnston fought desperately at Resaca and repulsed the Yankees again, but Sherman, employing the same flanking movement, swung his vast army in another semicircle, crossed the Oostanaula River and again struck at the railroad in the Confederate rear.†
Chpt 3.17
- There was desperate fighting at New Hope Church, eleven days of continuous fighting, with every Yankee assault bloodily repulsed.†
Chpt 3.17
Definition:
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(repulse as in: repulse the attack) to force something to move away