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refoul

refoul verb: to refuse entry to a country and repatriate (an immigrant or asylum-seeker).

Verb

refoul (third-person singular simple present refouls, present participle refouling, simple past and past participle refouled)

  1. To refuse entry to a country and repatriate (an immigrant or asylum-seeker)

Forms of refoul

third-person singular presentrefouls
present participlerefouling
past participlerefouled
pastrefouled

Origin of refoul

From French refouler.

Questions about refoul

What does refoul mean?
Refoul means to refuse entry to a country and repatriate (an immigrant or asylum-seeker).
What part of speech is refoul?
Refoul is a verb.
What is the past tense of refoul?
The past tense of refoul is refouled.

Words near refoul in the dictionary

  1. reforward
  2. reforwarded
  3. reforwarding
  4. reforwards
  5. refought
  6. refoul
  7. refouled
  8. refoulement
  9. refoulements
  10. refouling
  11. refoulment

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