jettisoning in English

verb

1

throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.

six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea

verb

• dump, drop, ditch, discharge, throw out, unload, throw overboard
• discard, dispose of, throw away/out, get rid of, reject, scrap, abandon, drop, chuck (out), dump, ditch, ax, trash, junk, deep-six

Use "jettisoning" in a sentence

1. 7 One thing I regret: the jettisoning of the original signature tune.

2. Firefighters and aircraft handlers completed the dangerous job of dousing the flames and jettisoning burning aircraft.

3. Jettisoning non-core UK businesses looks like the obvious way to shrink the balance sheets of both AIB and BoI.

4. Fuel jettisoning is permitted to an extent consistent with reaching the aerodrome with the required fuel reserves, if a safe procedure is used.

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6. (Acts 27:36) They further lightened the ship by jettisoning the cargo of wheat, thus giving the ship a shallower draft for its approach to the shore.

7. De-Americanizing America Americans seem swept up in a movement bent on jettisoning a paradigm that brought resounding success, while embracing one that wrought failure wherever implemented

8. The Duchess of Sussex’s estranged father Thomas Markle has revealed his despair over the Megxit crisis – and accused his daughter of “Cheapening” the Royal Family and jettisoning “every girl’s dream” for the pursuit of money.

9. De-Americanizing America July 5, 2020 / 0 Comments / in Commentary , Elections , Must Read , Policy , Politics , Social Issues / by Martin Sherman Inconceivably, ever greater circles of Americans seem swept up in a movement bent on jettisoning a paradigm that brought resounding success, while enthusiastically embracing one that wrought failure