Synonyms for diesel
ˈdi zəl, -səldiesel

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1. Diesel, Rudolf Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl Dieselnoun

   German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel engine (1858-1913)

   Synonyms:
   diesel motor, diesel engine

2. diesel, diesel engine, diesel motornoun

   an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil

   Synonyms:
   diesel motor, diesel engine

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1. • Engineer
   • Internal-combustion Engine

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1. List of paraphrases for "diesel":

   diesel-powered, diesel-fuelled, compression-ignition, diesels

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1. Wood Mackenzie:

   The gap between these two fuels in terms of their volumes will be narrowed further, since gasoline will likely grow at a faster pace than diesel over the next five to 10 years.

2. Greenpeace Germany:

   Despite the unavoidable effects of the climate crisis, manufacturers at An IAA in this form continue to present a majority of cars that burn petrol or diesel, only about a quarter of the newly introduced vehicles in Frankfurt are pure electric cars.

3. Evercore ISI:

   It would be a major positive trigger for the stock if VW quantified the total potential cost of the diesel affair.

4. Daniel Raimi:

   And so the key to reducing our economic exposure, to high gasoline and diesel prices, is to simply use less gasoline and diesel. That's something that of course will take a long time to play out. But it's a more effective and efficient way to reduce our exposure to this volatility.

5. Environment Minister Segolene Royal:

   We need to start preparing our move out of diesel right now, we should phase out diesel's (tax) advantage over five years.