jettison

²jettison

verb

Definition of JETTISON

transitive verb

1

: to make jettison of

2

: to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision <must be prepared to jettison many romantic notions — Christopher Catling>

3

: to drop from an aircraft or spacecraft in flight

— jet·ti·son·able \-sə-nə-bəl, -zə-\ adjective

Examples of JETTISON

1. The captain gave orders to jettison the cargo.
2. They jettisoned the fuel and made an emergency landing.
3. We should jettison these old computers and get new ones.
4. They jettisoned plans for a vacation.

First Known Use of JETTISON

1848

Related to JETTISON

Synonyms: cashier, cast (off), chuck, deep-six, ditch, dump, eighty-six (or 86), exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), discard, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off), throw away, throw out, toss, unload

Related Words: abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake; dismiss, kick out; abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out

Near Antonyms: adopt, embrace, take on; employ, use, utilize; hold, hold back, keep, retain

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Other Nautical Terms

avast, aweigh, flotsam, jib, keel, lee, port, starboard, stay