repel
drive *****
repulse
force back
push back
beat back

I beat back a moment's frustration, then started in again at the beginning.

He beat back the jungle wall in an effort to reach the light beyond.

"He beat back that fear with his will, held the Dark at bay."

They want to know if we've gone soft since we beat them back the last time.

That is why we could not, for so long, beat back the Federation.

His heart beat back the answer and it frightened him.

Nothing better than that to start the day's serious work of beating back the past.

We are beaten back by the heat after about 10 minutes.

I remember, for myself, only trying to beat back fatigue.

She was being a wild woman, beating back the mean men.