pel

push

Usage

  • appellation

    An appellation is a name or title given to a person, place, or thing.

  • dispel

    When you dispel a thought from your mind, you cause it to go away or disappear; when you do the same to a crowd, you cause it to scatter into different directions.

  • propel

    When you propel something, you move it ahead or push it forward.

  • compel

    When you compel someone to do something, you force or drive them to do it.

  • appeal

    take a court case to a higher court for review

  • compelling

    driving or forcing

  • expel

    force to leave or move out

  • impel

    urge or force (a person) to an action

  • peal

    ring recurrently

  • pelt

    cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

  • propellant

    tending to or capable of propelling

  • propeller

    a mechanical device that rotates to push against air or water

  • repeal

    cancel officially

  • repel

    cause to move back by force or influence

  • repellent

    serving or tending to repel

  • unappealing

    (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings

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