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defuel

defuel verb: to remove the fuel from.

Verb

defuel (third-person singular simple present defuels, present participle (US) defueling or (UK) defuelling, simple past and past participle (US) defueled or (UK) defuelled)

  1. (transitive) To remove the fuel from.
    • to defuel an aircraft

Forms of defuel

third-person singular presentdefuels
present participle USdefueling
present participle UKdefuelling
past participle USdefueled
past USdefueled
past participle UKdefuelled
past UKdefuelled

Origin of defuel

From de- + fuel.

Questions about defuel

What does defuel mean?
Defuel means to remove the fuel from.
What part of speech is defuel?
Defuel is a verb.
What is the past tense of defuel?
The past tense of defuel is defueled.

Words near defuel in the dictionary

  1. defucosylate
  2. defucosylated
  3. defucosylates
  4. defucosylation
  5. defucosylations
  6. defuel
  7. defueled
  8. defueling
  9. defuelled
  10. defuelling
  11. defuels

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