“Petrol will disappear but the national park will last forever,” he said.
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Gray smoke from its engine mingled with petrol fumes and a metallic smell of burning.
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“Petrol bombs and pipe bombs are a dangerous precursor to shots being fired,” he said.
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It included waves of demonstrations and some attacks on Israelis—mainly with stones and petrol bombs.
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Gas stations have run out of petrol and are not being refilled.
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This was soon forthcoming in the invention of the petrol motor.
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The steamers broke down soon after the start, so that the petrol cars “walked over” and won a most decisive victory.
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The number of petrol motor-driven model aeroplanes that have actually flown is very small.
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They had us cold, with us on our last rounds and nearly out of petrol.
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Large numbers of petrol cars are imported annually from France, Germany, and Belgium.
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British Dictionary definitions for petrol (1 of 2)
petrol
/ (ˈpɛtrəl) /
noun
any one of various volatile flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons, mainly hexane, heptane, and octane, obtained from petroleum and used as a solvent and a fuel for internal-combustion engines. Usually petrol also contains additives such as antiknock compounds and corrosion inhibitorsUS and Canadian name: gasoline
Word Origin for petrol
C16: via French from Medieval Latin petroleum
British Dictionary definitions for petrol (2 of 2)