jettison
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman getteson, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French getaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: would be *jetaison like pendaison); possibly from a (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, iectātiōn-, from *iectātus < iectāre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin iactō. Doublet of jetsam
Pronunciation
- (Australian English) IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛɾəsən/, /ˈdʒɛtɪsən/
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Noun
jettison (plural jettisons)
- (uncountable) Collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
- (countable) The action of jettisoning items.
Synonyms
Translations
collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon
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the action of jettisoning items
Verb
jettison (third-person singular simple present jettisons, present participle jettisoning, simple past and past participle jettisoned)
- 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 jettisoning of fuel tanks.
- To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard.
Synonyms
- (to let go or get rid of as being useless): chuck, discard, ditch, dump, junk, lose, scrap, toss
- See also Thesaurus:junk
Translations
to eject from a boat
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to let go or get rid of
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