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petrol
noun
    1. A volatile flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, used as a fuel in most internal combustion engines. Also (N Amer) called gasoline.
Etymology: Late 19c in this sense; 16c meaning petroleum: from French petrole, from Latin petroleum.



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