Load
Load verb - To place a weight or burden on.
Repel
Repel verb - To drive back.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Dad's Army: the Home Guard platoon are taking part in an initiative exercise where they have to cross an obstacle course, retrieve some dummy ammunition and load it into a cannon in time to repel an advancing platoon.
Source: Edible Ammunition
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