jettisons

/JH EH1 T IH0 S AH0 N Z/
noun
  1. 1

    (collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.

    syn:jetsam ballast
  2. 2

    The action of jettisoning items.

verb
  1. 1

    To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

    “The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.”

  2. 2

    To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

    syn:chuckdiscardditchdumpjunklose

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