unfuel

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ fuel.

Verb

unfuel (third-person singular simple present unfuels, present participle unfueling or unfuelling, simple past and past participle unfueled or 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.