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Meaning of jettisons

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

jettisons

noun

Definitions

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

    Synonyms:jetsam ballast

  2. The action of jettisoning items.

verb

Definitions

  1. To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

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

  2. To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

    Synonyms:chuckdiscardditchdumpjunklose
Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jettisonhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jettisons

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