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refouled

refouled is the simple past and past participle of refoul.

Meaning of refoul

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)

Questions about refouled

What is refouled the simple past and past participle of?
Refouled is the simple past and past participle of refoul.

Words near refouled in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refouled (page history and authors); refoul (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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