jettison
Translation
to throw overboard, to discard, to abandon
Examples
They had to jettison cargo to save the ship.
They had to jettison cargo to save the ship.
She decided to jettison her old, unhelpful habits.
She decided to jettison her old, unhelpful habits.
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) to throw (sth.) away, especially from a moving ship or plane They had to jettison cargo to save the ship.
Similar Words
Synonyms: discard, dump, abandon; Antonyms: keep, retain, save
Etymology
From Old French 'getaison', a throwing, from 'jeter' (to throw). It's related to the word 'jet'.
Memory Tips
To save the JET, they had to JETTISON the heavy SONar equipment. This links the word to its common context (ships/planes).