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. Mark Williams:

   Those stocks should act as a buffer against the immediate loss of Russian diesel imports.

2. Halvor Molland:

   Every single source that could have emissions connected to it has to be identified and controlled, even if we have a fire drill and we use diesel to set a small fire we have to calculate the amounts.

3. Ali Eshtawi:

   There's no firewood, no diesel.

4. Al Khowaiter:

   Rudolf Diesel did not consider fuels which evaporated easily. That was an accident of history.

5. German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt:

   We have been informed that also in Europe, vehicles with 1.6 and 2.0 liter diesel engines are affected by the manipulations that are being talked about.