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jettison::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | throw |
Examples of jettison
jettison
Most have had to batten down the hatches and jettison the finer things in life.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
First, why did Apple jettison Google's map service, which is polished and mature?
From the nytimes.com
Americans tire of those who would jettison their beliefs, even to gain the world.
From the nytimes.com
Last week it was time for McCain to jettison his views on gays in the military.
From the kansas.com
Surely, the one way not to soar again is to jettison sense, taste and judgment.
From the time.com
The entrenched companies are saddled with baggage they cannot easily jettison.
From the theepochtimes.com
If they jettison the butler, who will hold down the fort when the office is empty?
From the mattcutts.com
It's ironic that some newspapers have chosen this era to jettison TV critics.
From the post-gazette.com
Yet it's a lesson he may now have to jettison, they say, as public outrage spreads.
From the us.cnn.com
- Throw away, of something encumbering
- Throw as from an airplane
- Collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon; The action of jettisoning items; To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load; To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard
- Voluntary dumping either of cargo or of ship's material or stores overboard, to protect other property from a common danger.
- The act of intentionally throwing cargo overboard e.g. with the objective of lightening a vessel, which has run aground, such for the common good of all interests: vessel, crew and remaining cargo (see GA).
- The act of throwing cargo and stores overboard in order to save the vessel.
- [JP 1-02] (DoD) The selective release of stores from an aircraft other than normal attack.
- The discard of a high ranking honor, normally an Ace or a King, and particularly the discard of a blocking card. The phrase originated in England by Mr. A.E. Whitelaw in 1921.
- Throwing cargo overboard, if it is determined that such an action may save a vessel in peril.
