Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To treat (water) with kerosene in order to exterminate mosquitoes.

  2. (transitive)To convert into a petroleum-based economy.

Origin

From petrol + -ize.

From petrol + -ize.

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Forms

petrolizes, petrolizing, petrolized, petrolized
Base formpetrolize · to petrolize
3rd person singularpetrolizes
Present participlepetrolizing
Past simplepetrolized
Past participlepetrolized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypetrolize
he, she, itpetrolizes

Past simpleLesson

all personspetrolized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave petrolized
he, she, ithas petrolized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill petrolize

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpetrolization

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
petrodollarpetrolA2petroleumpettyB2petulantpetunia
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