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propellant

[pruh-pel-uhnt] / prəˈpɛl ənt /




NOUN
gasoline
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"But we're also humans trying to load millions of pounds of propellant onto a giant machine and send it to the Moon," he added.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Police are still searching for a part of the parachute system which contains propellant.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

"If we're going to send humans to Mars, you need H2O and not just for drinking, but for propellant and all manner of applications," Luzzi said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2025

Two Iranian ships have been sailing from China with tons of sodium perchlorate, a main ingredient for producing solid propellant for ballistic missiles, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

I had decided to do the loading of our new propellant in sections, a few inches at a time.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam