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- Dictionaryjettison/ˈdʒɛtɪs(ə)n/
verb
- 1. throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship: "six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea"
noun
- 1. the action of jettisoning something: "the jettison lever"
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JETTISON definition: 1. to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed: 2. to decide not to use an…. Learn more.
The noun jettison refers to a voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship's load in time of distress, and it is the source of the word jetsam (the name for goods "jettisoned"); the word is often paired with flotsam ("floating wreckage").
If you jettison something, for example an idea or a plan, you deliberately reject it or decide not to use it.
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In 2009, voters jettisoned old leaders and approved a new form of county government, with an executive and a council. Secular schools have jettisoned philosophy as well as religion because the two go hand in hand. We jettison connections that were essential in the past.
jettison something/somebody to get rid of something/somebody that you no longer need or want synonym discard. He was jettisoned as team coach after the defeat. jettison something to reject an idea, a belief, a plan, etc. that you no longer think is useful or likely to be successful synonym abandon.
JETTISON definition: 1. to get rid of something you do not want or need: 2. If an aircraft or a ship jettisons…. Learn more.
Definition of jettison verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you jettison something, such as an idea or a plan, you deliberately reject it or decide not to use it. [...] 2. To jettison something that is not needed or wanted means to throw it away or get rid of it. [...] present simple: I jettison, you jettison [...] past simple: I jettisoned, you jettisoned [...] • abandon, reject, desert, dump [...]
1. to cast (cargo, supplies, etc.) overboard or out so as to lighten or stabilize a vessel or aircraft in an emergency. 2. to throw off (something) as an obstacle or burden; discard. n. 3. the act of casting goods from a vessel or aircraft to lighten or stabilize it. 4. jetsam.
