The term 'drive away' can be defined as to force someone or something to leave a place. This can be done in a variety of ways, such as alienating, repulsing, dispelling, shooing, repelling, banishing, running off, beating back, and turning back. ALIENATE means to cause someone to become emotionally distant or isolated, while REPULSE means to cause disgust or revulsion. DISPEL means to drive away or cause to vanish, and SHOO means to drive away by making a noise. REPEL means to drive away by force, and BANISH means to expel someone from a place or country. Runoff means to flow away, and beatback means to drive away by force. Finally, turnback means to cause to go back or return.