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撃退する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

repulse; drive back; beat off

Used for forcefully driving back an enemy, attacker, or intruder. Often appears in military, security, or competitive contexts.

〈相あい手て〉を撃げき退たいするto repel/drive off an attacker or intruder
警けい備び員いんが不ふ審しん者しゃを撃げき退たいした。
The security guard drove off the suspicious person.
〈物もの〉で〈相あい手て〉を撃げき退たいするto repel someone using a particular means or tool
唐とう辛がら子しスプレーで熊くまを撃げき退たいした。
She fended off the bear with pepper spray.

追おい払はらうN1
追い払う is a general, everyday word for chasing away people, animals, or nuisances, while 撃退 implies a more forceful or decisive repulsion, often in a fight or attack.
退たい治じN1
退治 focuses on subduing or eliminating a pest, monster, or troublemaker, whereas 撃退 emphasizes forcing an attacker to retreat.
撃げき破は
撃破 means to defeat or smash an enemy decisively, while 撃退 just means driving them back without necessarily destroying them.
退しりぞけるN1
退ける is a more literary, general verb for repelling or rejecting something, while 撃退 is specifically about forcefully beating off an attack.
迎げい撃げき
撃退 means to repel or drive back an attacker after contact, whereas 迎撃 focuses on intercepting the attack before or as it arrives.

反はん撃げきN1
反撃 means to counterattack after being struck, while 撃退 means to successfully drive the attacker away, not necessarily by striking back.
撃げき沈ちん
撃退 means to repel or drive off an attacker, while 撃沈 means to sink a ship through attack; both share the kanji 撃 but describe opposite outcomes.

Compound of 撃 (attack, strike) and 退 (retreat, withdraw). The combination conveys the idea of striking to make the opponent retreat.