Drive back with the French book that's disgusting (9)

I believe the answer is:

repellant

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'that's disgusting' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'drive back with the french book' is the wordplay.
'drive back' becomes 'repel' (synonyms).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the french book' becomes 'lant' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'repel'+'lant'='REPELLANT'

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