JETTISON


Meaning of JETTISON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒetɪsən ]

( jettisons, jettisoning, jettisoned)

1.

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

The Government seems to have jettisoned the plan.

= abandon

VERB : V n

2.

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

The crew jettisoned excess fuel and made an emergency landing.

= discard

VERB : V n

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