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kerosene

noun as in petroleum

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Example Sentences

Despite living without electricity and studying by the light of a kerosene lamp at night, he made it to the University of Cambridge, where he studied chemistry.

From Ozy

Living with his entire family in a one-room home with no running water or electricity as a child, the young Chibale studied at night by the light of a kerosene lamp and against all odds made it into Cambridge, where he studied chemistry.

From Ozy

He throws kerosene on the controversies that divide the nation.

From Time

Planes dropped kerosene bombs from the skies, according to witnesses and a 2001 report by an Oklahoma commission that studied the massacre.

Currently, SAF costs between three and four times more than traditional kerosene fuel, while e-fuels can be between six and seven times more expensive than kerosene.

From Time

The Russians had developed a very powerful, very reliable, and relatively simple liquid oxygen/kerosene engine.

The cozy days of lighting the Hofburg Palace with kerosene rather than electricity had come to an abrupt end.

Franz Joseph lit the Hofburg Palace with kerosene lamps and viewed the telephone as a nuisance.

He awoke to dogs barking and gunshots, he said, and turned on a kerosene lantern to see what was going on.

Small homes often have only kerosene lamps to provide light, which spew toxins equivalent to two packs of cigarettes a day.

A lack of processed candles and kerosene oil left only grease and wax to be utilized for making handmade candles.

Well refined kerosene oil gives a good light, but it is always dangerous.

In pushing splinters under his toenails, the lamp was upset, kerosene was spilled over his feet to catch fire.

They were lighted by smoking kerosene lamps, which but added to their unattractiveness.

A fine luster can be given to zinc by rubbing it with kerosene or a weak solution of sulphuric acid.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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