Leave and Repel

Leave

Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.

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Repel and leave are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Repel" instead a verb "Leave".

Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

Repel verb - To drive back.

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Leave and repel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Leave" instead a verb "Repel".

Nearby Words: repelled, repelling

party	leave party	repel party
character	leave character	repel character
man	leave man	repel man
people	leave people	repel people
Other words: team, time, anyone, everyone, humans, survivors.

Defending armies may use siege engines as well, usually to repel enemy attempts to breach or scale the walls or attack the enemy without having to leave the safety of their fortifications.

Source: Siege Engines
In fact, the main reason heroes are summoned isn't because demons can't be repelled - Dragons can repel them just fine, but a battle between them would leave a devastating trail of destruction in their wake.

Source: Literature / Death Marching To The Parallel World Rhapsody

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