as in removals
the getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless
with his ship rapidly sinking, the captain ordered a last-ditch jettison of much of its cargo
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as in discards
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
just jettison that plan, because we know it won't work
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Recent Examples of jettisons
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
26 Feb. 2026
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Ultimately, Franco jettisons his characters for the sake of unearned plot twists that leave the viewer feeling only icky.
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Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
28 Feb. 2026
Ultimately, Franco jettisons his characters for the sake of unearned plot twists that leave the viewer feeling only icky.
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Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
The show, documented with the live album In the Blue Light, jettisons the skittering, moonlit electronics of the star’s back catalogue, softening stark arrangements formerly designed to hug the vocalist like a wintry chill.
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Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
However, the action jettisons tough decisions down the road.
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Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Martel jettisons multiple drones into the sky overlooking the Chuschagasta native landscape in northern Argentina, acquiring the effect first of zoomed-in satellite footage, then of something more voyeuristic and frightening, adopting the viewpoint of colonialism itself.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
The mesmerizing evolution reaches its peak when a quivering guitar solo jettisons into view.
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Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
The production, co-directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, jettisons the animal masquerade for a different kind of drag extravaganza.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Ultimately, Franco jettisons his characters for the sake of unearned plot twists that leave the viewer feeling only icky.
—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
28 Feb. 2026
Ultimately, Franco jettisons his characters for the sake of unearned plot twists that leave the viewer feeling only icky.
—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
The show, documented with the live album In the Blue Light, jettisons the skittering, moonlit electronics of the star’s back catalogue, softening stark arrangements formerly designed to hug the vocalist like a wintry chill.
—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
However, the action jettisons tough decisions down the road.
—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Martel jettisons multiple drones into the sky overlooking the Chuschagasta native landscape in northern Argentina, acquiring the effect first of zoomed-in satellite footage, then of something more voyeuristic and frightening, adopting the viewpoint of colonialism itself.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jettisons
Noun
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The warning follows a chaotic Labor Day weekend operation in Texas, when a federal judge halted overnight flights deporting Guatemalan children, intensifying scrutiny of fast-track removals.
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The Board found that Meta’s account removals are not only unexplained but frequently difficult to challenge.
Verb
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Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below.
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At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.
Noun
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Clean and flush out drains and disposals well after each use for food preparation.
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The company, advised by Rothschild, is exploring ways to raise fresh money, including asset disposals such as real estate, a source close to the matter said, confirming the Bloomberg report.
Verb
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An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on March 11, 2026.
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After his dreams are all but dashed, Shah unloads on himself.
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Hosted by Ariana Madix, the reality show follows a group of young singles searching for love, with new bombshell arrivals and sudden dumpings from the Fiji villa keeping the hopefuls on their toes.
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Though the case has drawn attention because of Delvey's notoriety, all three women maintain that such rabbit dumpings happen all the time.
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News 12 reported that the boy's body had been discovered at a waste collection center in Stamford, having been brought there by a truck that dumps trash and recyclables there.
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Towns dumps the ball off to Mitchell Robinson for his easiest two points of the night.
Verb
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Meta ditches Ray-Ban and adds Kylie Jenner.
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Fulda all but ditches his ambitious partner Chaton (Vincent Dedienne), in order to team up with Stéphane to get to the bottom of the endless pig-slaughter, and to put paid to the local superstition that Brun’s ghost may be the culprit.
Verb
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The deeper the water, the sooner a vehicle loses traction on the road.
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Sweden loses key piece The first half was a sloppy slugfest as both teams tried to use their physicality to assume control.
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