jettison

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• abandon
• abdicate
• abolish
• annihilate
• cashier
• cast
• cast off
• chuck
• clearance
• clearing
• decimation
• deep-six
• demolishment
• demolition
• desert
• destruction
• discard
• discarding
• dismiss
• disposal
• dispose of
• disposition
• ditch
• dump
• dumping
• eighty-six
• eliminate
• eradicate
• exorcise
• exorcize
• expel
• expunge
• exterminate
• extinguish
• extirpate
• forsake
• heave
• hurl
• junk
• junking
• kick out
• lay by
• liquidate
• lose
• maroon
• pitch
• reject
• removal
• remove
• riddance
• scrap
• scrapping
• set aside
• shed
• slough
• throw away
• throw out
• throwing away
• toss
• unload
• wipe out

• accumulation
• acquirement
• acquisition
• adopt
• allow
• assert
• collection
• defend
• deposit
• embrace
• employ
• gathering
• hold
• hold back
• keep
• maintain
• put on
• retain
• save
• take in
• take on
• use
• utilize

• noun
  1. (collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
  2. The action of jettisoning items.
• verb
  1. To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
  2. To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

• The captain decided to jettison some cargo to lighten the ship during the storm.
• In order to survive the economic downturn, the company had to jettison several non-essential projects.
• The politician's controversial remarks forced the party to jettison him from their campaign.
• The explorers had to jettison their heavy equipment to continue their trek through the treacherous terrain.
• The author had to jettison a significant portion of their manuscript to meet the publisher's word limit.

abandon

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