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Verb: jettison  je-ti-sun
  1. Throw away, of something encumbering
     
  2. Throw as from an aeroplane

Derived forms: jettisons, jettisoned, jettisoning

Type of: cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out, wing

Encyclopedia: Jettison