fuel oil
noun
: an oil that is used for fuel and that usually has a higher flash point than kerosene
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On the morning of April 19, 1995, a forty-eight-hundred-pound ammonium nitrate–fuel oil bomb exploded in a Ryder truck parked at the north entrance of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025
The uncertainty over the future of the program has also rattled local distributors of fuel oil in Connecticut, many of whom have already had to grapple with cuts to the assistance their customers rely on for deliveries.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Ship emissions and lightning With engines that are often three stories tall and burn viscous fuel oil, ships traveling into and out of ports emit copious quantities of soot and sulfur particles.
—Chris Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Most ships still run on fossil fuels – and particularly on heavy fuel oil, which produces high levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
—David Prosser, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025
The uncertainty over the future of the program has also rattled local distributors of fuel oil in Connecticut, many of whom have already had to grapple with cuts to the assistance their customers rely on for deliveries.
—Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Ship emissions and lightning With engines that are often three stories tall and burn viscous fuel oil, ships traveling into and out of ports emit copious quantities of soot and sulfur particles.
—Chris Wright, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
Most ships still run on fossil fuels – and particularly on heavy fuel oil, which produces high levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
—David Prosser, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Fuel oil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuel%20oil. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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