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fuel collapse: a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed alternative fuels for aircraft"; stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"; take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain"; provide with a combustible substance that provides energy; "fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"; provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

paraffin collapse: (British usage) kerosine; from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings

kerosene collapse: a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters

gasoline collapse: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines

propane collapse: colorless gas found in natural gas and petroleum; used as a fuel

peat collapse: partially carbonized vegetable matter saturated with water; can be used as a fuel when dried

octane collapse: any isomeric saturated hydrocarbon found in petroleum and used as a fuel and solvent

natural gas collapse: a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and heating homes

combustible collapse: a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power; capable of igniting and burning

carbon collapse: a copy made with carbon paper; an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in all organic compounds

fulminate collapse: a salt or ester of fulminic acid; cause to explode violently and with loud noise; come on suddenly and intensely; "the disease fulminated"; criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"

coke collapse: street names for cocaine; carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal; become coke; "petroleum oils coke after distillation"

propellant collapse: something that propels; tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of propulsive thought"

fireball collapse: the luminous center of a nuclear explosion; a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)

coal collapse: fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period; take in coal; "The big ship coaled"; supply with coal

detonate collapse: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

turf collapse: range of jurisdiction or influence; "a bureaucracy...chiefly concerned with turf...and protecting the retirement system"; the territory claimed by a juvenile gang as its own; surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots; cover (the ground) with a surface layer of grass or grass roots

charcoal collapse: a stick of black carbon material used for drawing; a drawing made with a stick of black carbon material; a very dark grey color; a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air; of a very dark grey; draw, trace, or represent with charcoal

gas collapse: the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container; a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely; attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes"

explode collapse: increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"; burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"; be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; "His anger exploded"; cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"; show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete; show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary"; drive from the stage by noisy disapproval; cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/; destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge"

top off collapse: fill to the point of almost overflowing; "She topped off the cup"

old world collapse: the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas; of or relating to the Old World (especially Europe); "Old World hawks"; "Old World monkeys"

liquid oxygen collapse: a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants

eolith collapse: a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools

antediluvian collapse: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge; so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"; of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; "antediluvian man"

oil collapse: oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist; a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water; cover with oil, as if by rubbing; "oil the wooden surface"

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