JETTISON


Meaning of JETTISON in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If you ~ something, for example an idea or a plan, you deliberately reject it or decide not to use it.

The Government seems to have ~ed the plan.

= abandon

VERB: V n

2.

To ~ something that is not needed or wanted means to throw it away or get rid of it.

The crew ~ed excess fuel and made an emergency landing.

= discard

VERB: V n

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