Home › Words › P › propulsepropulse/pɹəˈpʌls/propulse means to repel; to drive off or away.propulse is pronounced /pɹəˈpʌls/.EtymologyFrom Latin propulso.verbTo repel; to drive off or away.e.g.“all succours were clerely estopped and propulsed from them” — 1550, Edward Halle, The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre and Yorke:To propel; to drive forward.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).