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.
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211. This saving would easily cover the cost of adjusting cars which can not already run on unleaded petrol.
212. A shell scored a direct hit on a petrol tank, and he felt the wave of heat from fifty yards off.
213. It is said that they would increase the cost of petrol by 20p a gallon.
214. It tasted of petrol, mixed with creosote and hair oil.
215. They live as outlaws, raiding the villages and towns for food and clothing, for petrol.
216. The petrol stove was roaring under a steaming kettle, sheltered by three sides of an unfolded carton.
217. Beside the contract of sale of the petrol there was a separate collateral contract relating to the World Cup coins.
218. Like-for-like sales excluding petrol only crept up by 0.4 per cent.
219. Personal tax allowances are expected to be frozen and taxes on petrol, drink and tobacco raised.
220. A number of petrol bombs exploded harmlessly between the protesters and the security forces.
221. Second - the day-to-day expenditure such as food, drink, household goods, newspapers, petrol or bus fares.
222. The budget provided the financial incentive, but much confusion still abounds over the use of unleaded petrol.
223. For example, the new Citroen Xantia diesel costs exactly the same as the 1.6-litre petrol version.
224. Well, I stink of petrol, and he's seen my matches and he knows damn well I don't smoke.
225. Katherine and Sarah were in petrol blue velvet dresses and wore circlets of spring flowers on their heads.
226. Petrol is highly inflammable.
227. But by giving the Government 60 days to cut the price of petrol they have focused ministers' attentions on the issue.
228. They discovered a car battery had been wired to several bottles of petrol.
229. Filling stations are rarities: it behoves car owners to keep a watch on their reserves of petrol.
230. Violence continued into the following afternoon and evening; petrol bombs were thrown and shops looted.
231. These days motorists congregate at petrol stations in a seemingly perpetual hunt for fuel.
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232. Sonia is always cadging lifts home and she never offers any money for petrol.
233. Your 90 2.5 petrol will run perfectly on lead free petrol with no alteration.
234. Oil and gas From September 1989 shortages of petrol and diesel fuel were reported, notably in the Caucasus and northern Siberia.
235. The problem has always been that all of these methods carry much less energy density than petrol, hence less power.
236. The largest contribution to monthly price increases came from motoring costs, including petrol prices.
237. He doused with petrol and inflammable glue 12 tonnes of illegally poached elephant tusks, worth almost £2m.
238. Mr Breaux would find some spending cuts but partially replace the energy tax by increasing the tax on petrol.
239. Opposition politicians accused the government of complacency in delaying action to remove lead from petrol.
240. Last summer saw violence at Blackbird Leys as things came to a head ... with petrol bombs and bricks.
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