Jettison synonyms

jĕt'ĭ-sən, -zən

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discard (related)
(Intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
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dispose of
To deal with conclusively with a threat or a difficult situation.
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cast-off
(Intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.
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abandon
To cease trying to continue; desist from:
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chuck
(Informal) To discard, to throw away.
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riddance
The act of ridding:
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scrap
To fight or quarrel
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eject
Eject is defined as to release or give off.
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throw away
To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash, to dispose of.
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eliminate
To leave out or omit from consideration; reject:
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shed
To repel without allowing penetration:
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unload
To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
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dump
(Slang) To criticize another severely:
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junk
The definition of junk is to throw away or discard.
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throw out
(Idiomatic) To dismiss or expel someone from any longer performing duty or attending somewhere.
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shuck
To remove like a shuck
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disposal
The definition of a disposal is an electrical device installed under a sink drain that is used to grind up food waste before it goes down the drain.
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dumping
The act of selling goods at less than fair market value, typically for the purpose of injuring a competitor and gaining market share.
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elimination
(Logic) The act of obtaining by separation, or as the result of eliminating; deduction.
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keep (related)
To remain in a state or condition; stay:
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ditch
Ditch is defined as to lose someone or something on purpose.
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load (antonym)
(Intransitive) To receive a load.
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take on (antonym)
(Idiomatic) To assume responsibility for.
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take-in (antonym)
To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
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cast-aside (related)
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hurl
To throw or fling with force or violence
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Jettison Sentence Examples

  • Speedferries will, in addition, have an absolute discretion to jettison, land, destroy or render innocuous any goods such as those described above.

  • For many centuries Egypt was famous as a wheat raiser; it was a cargo of wheat from Alexandria which St Paul helped to jettison on one of his shipwrecks, as was also, in all probability, that of the "ship of Alexandria whose sign was Castor and Pollux," named in the same narrative.

  • (See Rules I.-IX.) And in Rule I., as to jettison of deck cargo, a change is made from the common law rule, for the jettison is not allowed as G.A.

  • He himself must bear a part of it, for those goods formed part of the adventure for whose safety the jettison was made; and it is owing to the partial safety of the adventure that any contribution at all is received by him.

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