repulsed

• But the ball began full early by a violent attack on the Devons at dawn, and another at 7 on the 2nd Manchesters, both hard pressed, but both repulsed--the Manchesters, who were short of ammunition, getting well in with the bayonet I sent one company of the Norfolks to support the Devons, but I could barely afford even that. —  The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade August 1914 to March 1915
• Several times the rear guard were hotly engaged as the Afghans--furious at seeing their prey slipping from their fingers--mustered and fell upon them; but each time they were repulsed, and the column held on its way Will was in command of a mixed band, of some forty men, which moved to the right of the road.
• The attack was nobly repulsed, and many grey-coated soldiers who advanced to the charge, were left by their retreating comrades, dead between the two lines, while others were ordered in as prisoners. —  Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865
• He was repulsed, and then retired to Hamilton, where he formed a camp The Privy Council meanwhile called out the militia, and ordered all the heritors and freeholders to join with the Regulars in putting down the insurrection. —  Hunted and Harried
• In a few more minutes the last charge of the enemy was repulsed, and those of them that remained alive dived back to that native home into which the slain had already sunk Thus ended that notable fight with walruses After consummating the victory with three cheers and congratulating each other, the conquerors proceeded to examine into the extent of damage received. —  The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole

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