propellant
Example Sentences
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Its cartridge holds enough propellant to send the bullet flying out of the barrel at a speed that would cross six football fields in a second.
From Washington Post
Relativity is among several companies building rockets to launch into orbit using liquid oxygen and liquid methane as propellants.
From New York Times
“The energy required to enter into orbit of Mercury would be prohibitively expensive in terms of propellant.”
From Seattle Times
Eric Dean Wilson: Freon is a brand name of one of a class of chemicals called CFCs that have been widely used as refrigerants and propellants in aerosols.
From Washington Post
The water can be split into hydrogen and oxygen propellant for rocket engines.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
