to repel an offensive
1repel, repulse — Because each of these words can mean to drive back, they are often misused in situations where their meanings should be distinct. One can repel or repulse someone who attempts to mug him, but only repel conveys the idea of disgust, aversion, and… …
2First Allied Airborne Army — Infobox Military Unit unit name=First Allied Airborne Army caption=Badge of the First Allied Airborne Army dates=2 August 1944 20 May 1945 country= allegiance=Allied branch=Air Force type=Airborne forces role= size= command structure= garrison=… …
3Ioannina — Infobox Greek Dimos name = Ioannina name local = Ιωάννινα image coa = periph = Epirus prefec = Ioannina province = population = 70203 population as of = 2001 population ref = [http://web.archive.org/web/20060413201756/http://www.statistics.gr/gr… …
4repellant — I noun 1. a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water • Syn: ↑repellent • Derivationally related forms: ↑repellent (for: ↑repellent) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
5Operation Badr (1973) — Part of the Yom Kippur War/October War …
6Yom Kippur War — Battle of Syria redirects here. For the World War II campaign against the Vichy French in Syria, see Syria Lebanon Campaign. Yom Kippur War/October War Part of the …
7Battle of Misrata — Part of the 2011 Libyan civil war Changes in frontlines during the Battle of Misrata …
8Siege of Damascus (634) — Siege of Damascus Part of Muslim conquest of Syria Byzantine Arab Wars …
9Leon Trotsky — Infobox Officeholder name = Leon Trotsky nationality = Russian small caption = order =People s Commissar for Army and Navy Affairs term start =March 13, 1918 term end =January 6, 1925 vicepresident = deputy =Ephraim Sklyansky predecessor =Nikolai …
10Neville Chamberlain's European Policy — Neville Chamberlain holding the paper containing the resolution to commit to peaceful methods signed by both Hitler and himself on his return from Munich. He is showing the Anglo German Declaration to a crowd at Heston Aerodrome on 30 September… …
