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re·pul·sion  audio  (r-plshn) KEY 

NOUN:
  1. The act of repulsing or the condition of being repulsed.
  2. Extreme aversion.
  3. Physics The tendency of particles or bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity to separate.



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