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diesel
1[ dee-zuhl, -suhl ]
adjective
- noting a machine or vehicle powered by a diesel engine:
diesel locomotive.
- of or relating to a diesel engine:
diesel fuel.
noun
- a vehicle powered by a diesel engine.
Diesel
2[ dee-zuhl, -suhl ]
noun
- Ru·dolf [roo, -dolf, -dawlf, roo, -dawlf], 1858–1913, German automotive engineer.
diesel
1/ ˈdiːzəl /
noun
- See diesel engine
- a ship, locomotive, lorry, etc, driven by a diesel engine
- informal.short for diesel oil
- slang.any cola drink
spook and diesel
- sucking dieselSee suck
Diesel
2/ ˈdiːzəl /
noun
- DieselRudolf18581913MGermanTECHNOLOGY: engineer Rudolf (ˈruːdɔlf). 1858–1913, German engineer, who invented the diesel engine (1892)
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Nestled in the hills are small market towns like Buleda, dominated by Baluch who make a living smuggling diesel and drugs.
A limited number of medical patients will be able to purchase “Chunky Diesel” or “Alien Dawg” for just $100.
Smuggling diesel into Turkey is a major source of ISIS revenue.
The smells of roasting maize, diesel fumes, and floral soap from the streets of Harare are still seared into my brain.
Yavuz said ISIS was controlling the illegal diesel trade and making money from it, but was not directly involved in all aspects.
In the Diesel motors operating under high pressure, up to nearly 500 pounds, an efficiency of 36 per cent.
The floor beneath me rocked gently and vibrated with heavy diesel engines and I realized I was on a ship!
Only at night did I get to where I could smell the salt breeze free of the stink of paint and Diesel oil.
No oil for the boats, hard enough to get it for his narrow-gauge Diesel locomotives.
For one thing, submarines don't use petrol—they use Diesel engines and heavy oil.
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