REPELLANTS Synonyms

• (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring

• the defendant and his legal advisors collectively

• an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack

• the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions

• the justification for some act or belief

• a structure used to defend against attack

• a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him

• (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies

• protection from harm

• the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• tending to deter

• a person who keeps watch over something or someone

• the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage

• a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

• a posture of defence in boxing or fencing

• the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team

• a military unit serving to protect some place or person

• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

• the duty of serving as a sentry

• (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles

• a position on a basketball team

• to keep watch over

• watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect

• protect against a challenge or attack

• take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence

• a substance that retards or stops an activity

• One who, or that which, prevents.

• An arrangement, made with ropes and blocks, that prevents the boom of a sailing boat from performing a jibe.

• Any of various lines set up to reinforce or relieve ordinary running or standing rigging.

• someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take

• someone who offers opposition

• a protective covering or structure

• armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

• hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

• protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

• hold back a thought or feeling about

• a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

• a chemical substance that repels animals

• the power to repel

• serving or tending to repel

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• incapable of absorbing or mixing with

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• not pleasing in odor or taste

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• (of a baseball) not hit between the foul lines

• an act that violates the rules of a sport

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• offensively malodorous

• violating accepted standards or rules

• (of a manuscript) defaced with changes

• characterized by obscenity

• disgustingly dirty; filled or smeared with offensive matter

• especially of a ship's lines etc

• hit a foul ball

• make impure

• become or cause to become obstructed

• commit a foul; break the rules

• spot, stain, or pollute

• make unclean

• become soiled and dirty

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• causing or able to cause nausea

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• serving or tending to repel

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust