unfuel

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ fuel.

Verb

unfuel (third-person singular simple present unfuels, present participle (US) unfueling or (UK) unfuelling, simple past and past participle (US) unfueled or (UK) unfuelled)

  1. (transitive) To remove fuel from.
    Synonym: defuel
    • 2007, The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program: 50 Years After Sputnik, New Frontiers‎[1]:
      On 20th July, during the third attempt, the launch was pulled with 3 min 5 sec to go and it was decided to unfuel the rocket and try again later.
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