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.
- At this time, the drum is jettisoned and the hydrophone becomes operational.
- Agree wholeheartedly with the decision to jettison this portion of the article.
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