Usually means: To treat or impregnate with petrol.
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  1. petrolize: Merriam-Webster
  2. petrolize: Wordnik
  3. petrolize: Wiktionary

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  1. Petrolize: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (petrolize)

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

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