jettisonverb [ T ]
uk/ˈdʒet.ɪ.sən/us/ˈdʒet̬.ə.sən/to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed:
The station has jettisoned educational broadcasts.
to decide not to use an idea or plan:
We've had to jettison our trip because of David's accident.
to throw goods, fuel, or equipment from a ship or aircraft to make it lighter:
The captain was forced to jettison the cargo and make an emergency landing.
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Removing and getting rid of things
- abandon
- banish
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin
- cast sb/sth aside/away/off
- flay
- fling sth/sb out
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- junk
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw sth away/out
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- weed
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