verb
- past tense and past participle of fuel; supplied with fuel or energy
- encouraged, intensified, or sustained (an emotion, conflict, or activity)
Usage: British spelling (American: fueled); transitive verb
Usage: figurative use
Examples
- The car was fuelled with premium gasoline.
- The power plant fuelled the entire city.
- Anger fuelled his determination to succeed.
- Rumors fuelled the conflict between the two groups.
- Her passion for music fuelled her career as a concert pianist.
- The scandal fuelled public outrage.
- Coffee fuelled her through the long study session.