Synonym: gas, gasolene, gasoline. Similar words: petroleum, perpetrate, patrol, control, metropolis, victrola, metropolitan, comptroller. Meaning: ['petrəl] 
n. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines.
n. a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines. 
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121. Manufacturers are working with new fuels to find one that burns more cleanly than petrol.
122. The petrol is running out/We are running out of petrol.
123. This car eats petrol.
124. The traces of petrol found on his clothing provided the forensic evidence proving that he had started the fire deliberately.
125. Whenever he buys petrol, he puts it on his expense account.
126. They filled up with diesel at the petrol station on their way home.
127. Miles had been dropping heavy hints about the cost of petrol.
128. We ran out of petrol and had to walk to the nearest garage.
129. There was a sudden flare when she threw the petrol onto the fire.
130. This tax would raise petrol prices by about 3.5p per litre.
131. We'd better stop at the garage to fill up, we're nearly out of petrol.
132. I wasn't sure if I'd got quite enough petrol to get me home, but I decided to chance it.
133. The price of petrol is going down/Petrol is going down .
134. He was filling a jerry can with petrol from the pump.
135. She splashed some petrol onto the wood and set fire to it.
136. The price of petrol is coming down/Petrol is coming down in price.
137. The car used a gallon of petrol for the journey.
138. The government has put ten pence on the price of a gallon of petrol.
139. All the petrol pumps have been switched over to show decimal values.
140. Two pence a litre is coming off the price of petrol/gasoline.
141. We'd better first fill the car up with petrol at the petrol station.
142. She put diesel fuel, instead of petrol(sentence dictionary), into the tank causing the motor to seize up.
143. We watched as demonstrators doused a car in/with petrol and set it alight.
144. The price of petrol is going up and down like a Yo-Yo.
145. Motorists will be rationed to thirty litres of petrol a month.
146. When lead is added to petrol, it improves the car's performance.
147. The crowd threw petrol bombs at the police, who responded by donning riot gear.
148. I think the price of the petrol will spiral up.
149. It's true that it's a comfortable car, but it eats up the petrol.
150. petrol do you need?
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