jettison

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A mile or so away lay the group of islands they had seen before lunch, and close inshore a mass of floating débris bobbed among the waves Baskets, I think--jettison of sorts.

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  1. transitive verb To cast overboard or off: a ship jettisoning wastes; a pilot jettisoning aircraft fuel.
  2. transitive verb Informal To discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome: jettisoned the whole marketing plan.
  3. noun The act of discarding or casting overboard.
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  • I had the honour of pushing the "jettison" button. —  Challenging Destiny - 2005 - 21
  • I wonder if Barack Obama has a backup plan - a "jettison" option, if you will - on any references he may make to "global warming" during his inaugural speech - just in case wind chills are hovering around zero on January 20th. —  Latest Articles
  • Perhaps that victory is what emboldened you to now completely jettison the principles that helped you with the inner harbor. —  Buffalo Pundit
  • The seeds of the Ibanez-as-LF disaster were planted on the day that the team decided to jettison Cameron and make a conscious decision to sacrifice defense while chasing minor offensive improvements. —  Baseball Analysts
  • As it spends its rocket tubes, the space ship will jettison them. —  Modern Mechanix
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jettison:   jettisoning ·  jettisoned
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  1. From Middle English jetteson, a throwing overboard of goods to lighten ship, from Anglo-Norman getteson, from Vulgar Latin *iectātiō, iectātiōn-, from *iectātus, past participle of *iectāre, to throw; see jet2.

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  1. from Old French (Anglo-French) *jetaison, getaison, gettaison, a throwing, jettison, from Latin jactatio (n-), a throwing, from jactare, throw: see jet, v., and cf. jactation, a doublet of jettison. The word in English use became corrupted, through jetson, jetsen, to jetsom, jetsome, jetsam: see jetsam, and cf. flotsam, similarly corrupted.
  2. from jettison, n.
 

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