fuel
noun
combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
fuelled
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past participleof fuel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof fuel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
fuelnouncombustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
Example Sentences
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Meteorologists said it was being fuelled by extremely warm waters caused by the El Niño climate phenomenon.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
The crisis has fuelled speculation that Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek was preparing to resign, though he dismissed the rumours as "baseless".
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Wildfires fuelled by El Niño are affecting around 12.5 million people across Indonesia, according to the country's health ministry.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The discovery of hundreds of remains near a previously identified mass grave has fuelled anger among the Tamils, who have long-demanded a thorough inquiry into disappearances.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
His personal identification with romantic heroes such as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet seemed to have fuelled not just musical inspiration but his crazed, desperate infatuation with a Shakespearean actress, Harriet Smithson.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
