simple past tense and past participle of petrolize

(chiefly Australia, UK, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Singapore) Petroleum, a fluid consisting of a mixture of refined petroleum hydrocarbons, primarily consisting of octane, commonly used as a motor fuel.

Political corruption and exploitation financed by oil exports.

Of or pertaining to petroleum

The treatment of water with kerosene in order to exterminate mosquitoes. / (business) Conversion of a country or region to a petroleum-based economy.

plural of petrolization

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of petrolize

present participle of petrolize

(transitive) To treat (water) with kerosene in order to exterminate mosquitoes. / To convert into a petroleum-based economy.

plural of petrol