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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Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
Now, Xu explained, his team had been able to refuel the reactor without shutting it down, demonstrating a level of mastery over their new system.
—Colin Jones, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
Sustainability for Space Award — Astroscale Astroscale was also recognized for its efforts to promote a sustainable space environment, by maturing and testing systems to refuel, repair, or remove satellites in low-Earth orbit.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
This means the capacity to refuel could have a direct bearing on the new space race, as experts in the US are increasingly concerned China will beat NASA back to the Moon.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for refuel
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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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