Synonyms for petrol
ˈpɛ trəlpetrol

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1. petrolnoun

   Synonyms:
   gasoline, gas

2. petrolnoun

   Petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.

   Synonyms:
   gasoline, gas

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1. gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrolnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   gun, gas pedal, accelerator pedal, gaseous state, throttle, gas, gasoline, flatulency, accelerator, flatulence, natural gas, gasolene

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1. • Fuel
   • Hydrocarbon

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1. List of paraphrases for "petrol":

   gasoline, benzine, fuel, essence, oil, gasoline-fueled, gas, yau, incendiary, petroleum

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1. Samir Geagea:

   Every hour we hear of a crisis at the gates, whether it's (supply of) petrol, flour, or medicine, everything is collapsing and the officials are on another planet, taking their time.

2. Volvo Cars:

   These five cars will be supplemented by a range of petrol and diesel plug in hybrid and mild hybrid 48-volt options on all models, this means that there will in future be no Volvo cars without an electric motor.

3. Deep Bajaj:

   On every trip we would see this as a pressing problem that while men could just have their beer or whatever they wanted to have on their way. Females would always be restricted and they would reject eight out of 10 toilets where we'd stop and for obvious reasons. If you look at the condition of public toilets in India, especially on the highways, and this includes the best of restaurants and petrol pumps, you stop anywhere and you don't get a good toilet.

4. Craig James:

   Over the last six weeks, petrol prices have fallen by 21 cents a litre - the biggest fall for an equivalent period in six years.

5. Simone Weil, The Need for Roots (1949):

   What a country calls its vital economic interests are not the things which enable its citizens to live, but the things which enable it to make war. Petrol is much more likely than wheat to be a cause of international conflict.