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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After docking with and refueling a Tetra-5 spacecraft, APS-R will back off, scan for leaks, then head to an Orbit Fab fuel depot to collect more propellant.
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Between runs, skiers can refuel at eight different on-mountain dining locations.
—Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
This facility will initially refuel up to 14 trucks daily and scale up to 50 trucks per day in the future.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Most will refuel by feasting on the carcasses of animals that died over the winter.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Andrew Jones, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Between runs, skiers can refuel at eight different on-mountain dining locations.
—Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
This facility will initially refuel up to 14 trucks daily and scale up to 50 trucks per day in the future.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Most will refuel by feasting on the carcasses of animals that died over the winter.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 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 20 Apr. 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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