Sekirov Dictionary

jettison

UK /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩/US /ˈdʒɛt.ə.s(ə)n/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 3

noun2

•
The act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship or aircraft in distress.
- The captain ordered the immediate jettison of the heavy cargo to save the sinking ship.
- The maritime court spent weeks reviewing the legality of the cargo jettison during the storm.
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Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the vessel.
- The shoreline was littered with the floating jettison from the wrecked freighter.
- Deep-sea divers discovered centuries-old jettison resting on the sandy seafloor.

verb2

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To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
- The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.
- The fuel tanks were jettisoned.
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(figurative) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
- […] 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. — 2018

forms

jettisoned · jettisoning · jettisons

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