Term: repulsion: the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand
Broader: stand: a defensive effort | Unrelated: positive: a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
Broader: stand: a defensive effort | Unrelated: umbellularia: aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast
Broader: stand: a defensive effort | Unrelated: sampling: measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
Broader: stand: a defensive effort | Unrelated: femoral nerve: one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh
Broader: stand: a defensive effort | Unrelated: squad: a smallest army unit
Broader: stand: a defensive effort | Unrelated: deck tennis: game played mainly on board ocean liners; players toss a ring back and forth over a net that is stretched across a small court
Broader: stand: a defensive effort | Unrelated: toroid: the doughnut-shaped object enclosed by a torus
Broader: stand: a defensive effort | Unrelated: acetylcholine: a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems
Broader: stand: a defensive effort | Unrelated: venous pressure: the pressure exerted on the walls of the veins by the circulating blood
Broader: stand: a defensive effort | Unrelated: vegetable tallow: a waxy fat obtained from certain plants (e.g. bayberry) and used as tallow