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refouling

refouling is the present participle and gerund 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 refouling

What is refouling the present participle and gerund of?
Refouling is the present participle and gerund of refoul.

Words near refouling in the dictionary

  1. refought
  2. refoul
  3. refouled
  4. refoulement
  5. refoulements
  6. refouling
  7. refoulment
  8. refoulments
  9. refouls
  10. refound
  11. refoundation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: refouling (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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