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unfuel

unfuel verb: to remove fuel from.

Verb

unfuel (third-person singular simple present unfuels, present participle (US) unfueling or (UK) unfuelling, simple past and past participle (US) unfueled or (UK) unfuelled)

  1. (transitive) To remove fuel from.
    • On 20th July, during the third attempt, the launch was pulled with 3 min 5 sec to go and it was decided to unfuel the rocket and try again later.2007, The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program: 50 Years After Sputnik, New Frontiers
    Synonyms:
    defuel

Synonyms of unfuel

Forms of unfuel

third-person singular presentunfuels
present participle USunfueling
present participle UKunfuelling
past participle USunfueled
past USunfueled
past participle UKunfuelled
past UKunfuelled

Origin of unfuel

From un- + fuel.

Questions about unfuel

What does unfuel mean?
Unfuel means to remove fuel from.
What part of speech is unfuel?
Unfuel is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfuel?
The past tense of unfuel is unfueled.

Words near unfuel in the dictionary

  1. unfuckwithably
  2. unfucosylated
  3. unfuddled
  4. unfudgeable
  5. unfudged
  6. unfuel
  7. unfueled
  8. unfueling
  9. unfuelled
  10. unfuelling
  11. unfuels

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