Jettison

/ˈd͡ʒɛɾəsən/ · noun

Meaning

(uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon..

Definitions by Sense

1. (uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
2. (countable) The action of jettisoning items.
3. To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
4. (figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

Example Sentences

The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.

The fuel tanks were jettisoned.

Among the most modern of all the Pacific stock in Great Britain is the stud of "Merchant Navy" and "West Country" Pacifics on the Southern Region, and the rebuilding which is now being carried out, preserving all the best features of the Bulleid designs—such as the free-steaming boiler—and jettisoning the features that have given trouble, in particular the chain-driven valve-motion, should give the Southern a supply of highly-competent machines able to last out the remaining life of steam on the S.R.

[…] the defense of horrendous behavior as “free speech”; the jettisoning of “free speech” when it served corporate purposes; the way no one seeks permission but all expect forgiveness.

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• jettisons
• jettisoning
• jettisoned

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