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TOPIK 4verb

반발하다

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반발해요 · 반발했어요 · 반발할 거예요 · 반발하세요

to resist, to push back, to protest against

Example

주민들이 새 공장 건설에 강하게 반발했습니다.

Residents strongly pushed back against building the new factory.

Word parts

반 opposite발 repel

Literally 'push back the opposite way'.