refuel
verb
re·fu·el
(ˌ)rē-ˈfyü(-ə)l 
refueled; refueling; refuels
: to provide with additional fuel
: to take on additional fuel
Examples of refuel in a Sentence
The crew refueled the airplane.
The airplane landed to refuel.
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The proposal relies on Starship being refueled in low-Earth orbit by multiple Starship tanker launches.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Open for lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch (and featuring an all-day coffee bar), Mulberry House has become a staple for locals looking to refuel at all times of day.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
By October 1985, Israeli KC-707s refueled F-15s, enabling them to fly all the way from their home airbases over the Eastern Mediterranean to strike the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Tunisia.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
To live up to that bargain, SpaceX will need to demonstrate the ability to refuel Starship more than a dozen times in orbit with back-to-back flights.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 3 Sep. 2025
Open for lunch, dinner, and Sunday brunch (and featuring an all-day coffee bar), Mulberry House has become a staple for locals looking to refuel at all times of day.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
By October 1985, Israeli KC-707s refueled F-15s, enabling them to fly all the way from their home airbases over the Eastern Mediterranean to strike the headquarters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Tunisia.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
To live up to that bargain, SpaceX will need to demonstrate the ability to refuel Starship more than a dozen times in orbit with back-to-back flights.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for refuel
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“Refuel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/refuel. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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refuel
verb
re·fu·el
(ˈ)rē-ˈfyü-əl
: to provide with or take on more fuel
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