jettison
IPA: dʒˈɛtɪsʌn
noun
- (uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
- (countable) The action of jettisoning items.
verb
- To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
- (figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
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Examples of "jettison" in Sentences
- The airlock was jettisoned after use.
- Much of the jettisoned cargo was lost.
- The perigee motor was jettisoned after it was used.
- Robert faces the dilemma to jettison his chips away.
- You have to make a decision of jettisoning the cards.
- He pulled the extraction handle, jettisoning the canopy.
- The only way to save the Maggie is to jettison the cargo.
- Someone needs to decide which are the best and jettison the rest.
- "But," I asked, "do not the men object to this kind of jettison?"
- Television, as you know, can kind of jettison you into a whole new world.
- 'unseen hand' was at work to 'jettison' the truth in the sensational case.
- At this time, the drum is jettisoned and the hydrophone becomes operational.
- Agree wholeheartedly with the decision to jettison this portion of the article.
- 2. Add up all the people who vote Republican but want to "jettison" anti-abortion or pro-gun.
- Obviously Spansion is bullish about their business going forward although they've shrunk it kind of jettison the mobile market.
- "jettison" ( "a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship's load in time of distress") entered English in the 15th century; the verb has been with us since the 19th century.
- I wonder if Barack Obama has a backup plan - a "jettison" option, if you will - on any references he may make to "global warming" during his inaugural speech - just in case wind chills are hovering around zero on January 20th.
- I've got a few clean-up issues to attend to, not least of all my need to "jettison" (to borrow Bill's oh-so-apt word choice) the frame story - which is something I've been thinking about ever since moriarty6 suggested the same.
- But we find that, when someone wants to make a major change in their lives, especially around breaking out of chemical abuse, if they kind of jettison that person who was part of that abuse with them, that ` s usually a very positive step.