Driving or forcing back (9)

I believe the answer is:

repelling

'driving or forcing back' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is all the clue.

(Another definition for repelling that I've seen is " Driving or forcing back".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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