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 the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors;
 used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel;
 proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline
 • Syn:
 ethyl alcohol, ethanol, fermentation alcohol
 • Hypernyms:
 alcohol, plant product
 • Hyponyms:
 spirits of wine, absolute alcohol, denatured alcohol
 • Substance Holonyms:
 neutral spirits, ethyl alcohol, gasohol
 
 
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