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kerosenelike

kerosenelike

See also: kerosene-like

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kerosenelike (comparative more kerosenelike, superlative most kerosenelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of kerosene.
    • 2008 May 18, Lawrence Ulrich, “Diesel Automobiles Clean Up for an Encore”, in New York Times:
      But the kerosenelike fuel and the engines that burn it were dirty, noisy, dawdling and even deadly, linked to increased risk of cancer and respiratory disease.