verb
See jettison in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective, for example:
discard, dispose of, dump, junk, scrap1, throw away, throw out. (Informal) chuck, shuck (off). (Slang) ditch. See keepThe act of getting rid of something useless or used up:
disposal, dumping, elimination, riddance. See keepLearn more about jettison