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fuel

[fyoo-uhl] / ˈfyu əl /
NOUN
something providing energy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ammunition electricity food gas material
STRONG
combustible encouragement incitement juice means nourishment propellant provocation
VERB
give energy to
Synonyms
STRONGEST
feed incite inflame sustain
STRONG
charge fan fire gas nourish service supply
WEAK
fill 'er up fill up gas up stoke up tank up
Antonyms
WEAK
de-energize deplete discourage unfuel

Example Sentences

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The Australian government has encouraged people to go ahead with their Easter travel plans, despite fuel shortages at hundreds of petrol stations across the country.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Stars like our Sun eventually run out of hydrogen fuel.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

Diesel accounted for 86 percent of transport fuel sales in Latvia in 2024, 73 percent in France and 66 percent in Germany, according to FuelsEurope, a trade body which represents the refining industry.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Life in the apartments revolves around work—and the fuel required to keep going.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The fuel pellets that drive the chain reaction in a nuclear reactor are not particularly radioactive.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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