The Coulomb-force in a star is equal to 3.4 octillion times of universal gravitation (neglect the effect of electricity charge tending to the surface).
At these hellish temperatures, protons collide with such ferocity that their natural electromagnetic repulsion is overcome, causing them to fuse together.
Also, because fusion involves joining nuclei, the reaction has to overcome the really strong repulsion that naturally exists between their positive charges.
The passengers sat each in his cabin, avoiding one another with an almost physical repulsion and longing to be once more under the surface of the earth.
The repulsion between the unbonded pairs is even stronger than repulsion between the shared pairs, so the two hydrogens get pushed a little further to an angle of 104.5 degrees.
Entering at that moment, he was an incorporation of the strongest reasons through which Will's pride became a repellent force, keeping him asunder from Dorothea.
In 1928, during his voyage from India to England, Chandrashekhar realized that a star could survive if the gravity's contraction is counteracted by the repulsive forces between its clustered matter.