to drive away or repel with force; to push or thrust back.
From Latin 'depellere': 'de-' (away) plus 'pellere' (to drive or push). This follows the pattern of other Latin-derived words like 'repulse' and 'expel.'
This word is an older cousin of 'repulse'—while repulse means to drive back in battle, depulse is the broader verb meaning to push or thrust something away forcefully!
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