Jettison
verb
To throw or drop something from an aircraft or ship.
To lighten the load, the aircraft jettisoned its cargo.
Often appears as...
- jettison cargo
- jettison fuel
verb
To get rid of something unwanted or unnecessary.
The company jettisoned its loss-making department.
Often appears as...
- jettison plan
- jettison idea
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Business
noun
The act of throwing or dropping something from an aircraft or ship.
A jettison of cargo was needed to save the sinking ship.
Often appears as...
- emergency jettison
- fuel jettison
verb
To throw or drop something from an aircraft or ship.
To lighten the load, the aircraft jettisoned its cargo.
Often appears as...
- jettison cargo
- jettison fuel
verb
To get rid of something unwanted or unnecessary.
The company jettisoned its loss-making department.
Often appears as...
- jettison plan
- jettison idea
Usage tips
Formal
Business
noun
The act of throwing or dropping something from an aircraft or ship.
A jettison of cargo was needed to save the sinking ship.
Often appears as...
- emergency jettison
- fuel jettison
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency or Emergency
Often implies a dire situation where dropping cargo or equipment is necessary.
In a storm, the crew jettisoned the containers to stabilize the ship.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
Can be used metaphorically to suggest eliminating something non-physical.
Under pressure, he jettisoned his doubts and made the leap.
Pro Tip 3/3Weight Reduction
Jettison typically aims to make a vehicle lighter for safety or performance.
To climb faster, the balloonist jettisoned sandbags.
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency or Emergency
Often implies a dire situation where dropping cargo or equipment is necessary.
In a storm, the crew jettisoned the containers to stabilize the ship.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
Can be used metaphorically to suggest eliminating something non-physical.
Under pressure, he jettisoned his doubts and made the leap.
Pro Tip 3/3Weight Reduction
Jettison typically aims to make a vehicle lighter for safety or performance.
To climb faster, the balloonist jettisoned sandbags.
Pro Tip 1/3Urgency or Emergency
Often implies a dire situation where dropping cargo or equipment is necessary.
In a storm, the crew jettisoned the containers to stabilize the ship.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Literal
Can be used metaphorically to suggest eliminating something non-physical.
Under pressure, he jettisoned his doubts and made the leap.
Pro Tip 3/3Weight Reduction
Jettison typically aims to make a vehicle lighter for safety or performance.
To climb faster, the balloonist jettisoned sandbags.
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Charles Elachi: The...
We no longer need the heat shield to protect us from the force of atmospheric entry, so we jettison the heat shield, exposing for the first time our lander to the atmosphere of Mars. After the heat shield has been jettisoned and the legs are deployed, the next step is to have the radar system begin to detect
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What I learned from...
Three of us climb in, and then this spaceship detaches from the station and falls into the atmosphere. These two parts here actually melt, we jettison them and they burn up in the atmosphere. The only part that survives is the little bullet that we're riding in, and it falls into the atmosphere,
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What percentage of your...
have thousands of possible paths by which to distribute themselves. A drawback of sparse coding within a huge number of neurons is its cost. Worse, if a big proportion of cells never fire, then they are superfluous and evolution should have jettisoned them long ago.
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6 ways mushrooms can...
we had an asteroid impact. The Earth was struck by an asteroid, a huge amount of debris was jettisoned into the atmosphere. Sunlight was cut off, and fungi inherited the Earth. Those organisms that paired with fungi were rewarded, because fungi do not need light.
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The strange politics of...
squeamish i recently got a chance to talk to richard dawkins for a documentary and I and I was able to discuss him a bunch of times here's my favorite he evolved around clip shipment sex or attached to deep-rooted emotions and reactions that are hard to jettison
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Advocating for gender...
cascading proliferation of candidates all of whom were advanced by their head of state some with credentials some with no credentials some on the inside some on the outside some government favorites some whom governments wanted to jettison
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Strange Sea Creatures:...
the species has remained hidden until now researchers say while other frog fish and similar species are known to jettison themselves before they take off swimming none of these species have been seen hopping like the psychedelic fish
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The strange politics of...
are attached to deep-rooted emotions and reactions that are hard to jettison overnight." David So my favorite part of this clip is that Professor Dawkins actually gagged. He jumps back, and he gags, and we had to do it three times,
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Liz Coleman's call to...
that is, until your first encounter with postmodern deconstructionism. The progression of today's college student is to jettison every interest except one. And within that one, to continually narrow the focus,
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Mom Grizzly Teaches Her...
we're set up to film these salmon but they keep darting away hey what the heck grizzly bear Paul wax camera out of position and jettisons at downstream now
Video examples
Charles Elachi: The...
We no longer need the heat shield to protect us from the force of atmospheric entry, so we jettison the heat shield, exposing for the first time our lander to the atmosphere of Mars. After the heat shield has been jettisoned and the legs are deployed, the next step is to have the radar system begin to detect
Video examples
What I learned from...
Three of us climb in, and then this spaceship detaches from the station and falls into the atmosphere. These two parts here actually melt, we jettison them and they burn up in the atmosphere. The only part that survives is the little bullet that we're riding in, and it falls into the atmosphere,
Video examples
What percentage of your...
have thousands of possible paths by which to distribute themselves. A drawback of sparse coding within a huge number of neurons is its cost. Worse, if a big proportion of cells never fire, then they are superfluous and evolution should have jettisoned them long ago.
Video examples
6 ways mushrooms can...
we had an asteroid impact. The Earth was struck by an asteroid, a huge amount of debris was jettisoned into the atmosphere. Sunlight was cut off, and fungi inherited the Earth. Those organisms that paired with fungi were rewarded, because fungi do not need light.
Video examples
The strange politics of...
squeamish i recently got a chance to talk to richard dawkins for a documentary and I and I was able to discuss him a bunch of times here's my favorite he evolved around clip shipment sex or attached to deep-rooted emotions and reactions that are hard to jettison
Video examples
Advocating for gender...
cascading proliferation of candidates all of whom were advanced by their head of state some with credentials some with no credentials some on the inside some on the outside some government favorites some whom governments wanted to jettison
Video examples
Strange Sea Creatures:...
the species has remained hidden until now researchers say while other frog fish and similar species are known to jettison themselves before they take off swimming none of these species have been seen hopping like the psychedelic fish
Video examples
The strange politics of...
are attached to deep-rooted emotions and reactions that are hard to jettison overnight." David So my favorite part of this clip is that Professor Dawkins actually gagged. He jumps back, and he gags, and we had to do it three times,
Video examples
Liz Coleman's call to...
that is, until your first encounter with postmodern deconstructionism. The progression of today's college student is to jettison every interest except one. And within that one, to continually narrow the focus,
Video examples
Mom Grizzly Teaches Her...
we're set up to film these salmon but they keep darting away hey what the heck grizzly bear Paul wax camera out of position and jettisons at downstream now
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Helen Sharman
British Scientist
During launch, the outside of the rocket is covered in a protective fairing, so we couldn't see outside, but as soon as that was jettisoned, my first view of the earth was over the Pacific Ocean, which was this wonderful deep blue, with clouds just over the top, and sunlight streaming in through the window.
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Gwen Ifill
American Journalist
Authentic apology is a tricky thing to pull off in politics, which is why it so seldom occurs. Plausible deniability must be preserved. True contrition has to be displayed. Traitors to the cause must be immediately be jettisoned. Most of all, the goal is to stop the bleeding.
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Scott Snyder
American Writer
There's an element of ego to writing the Riddler. You research a lot of things that you end up jettisoning as a writer, and Riddler was a lot of fun to get to have that sort of annoying know-it-all personality lording over the city. He's a lot of fun to write about.
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Dorothea Benton Frank
American Author
Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when it's over, it jettisons my bones across the galaxy with a hair on fire mission to convince everyone I know that they must read that book or they will die.
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Hari Nef
American Actress
I admire actresses who are willing to jettison the easy route toward exposure and commercial success as an actor in favor or a slow burn, choosing projects carefully, and building an artistic practice over time that feels specific to who they are as artists.
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Mira Sorvino
American Actress
The cognitive dissonance, the denial and cowardice that spare us painful truths and prevent us from acting in defense of innocent victims while allowing 'beloved' individuals to continue their heinous behavior must be jettisoned from the bottom of our souls.
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Timothy Simons
American Actor
I started out with the intention of studying physics. I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.
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Katherine Dunn
American Novelist
My dad was a third-generation printer and linotype operator, by all accounts a fabulous ballroom dancer. He was jettisoned from the family before I was 2, and I have never met him and have no memory of him.
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Hermann Oberth
German Scientist
If there is a small rocket on top of a big one, and if the big one is jettisoned and the small one is ignited, then their speeds are added.
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David Caruso
American Actor
Television, as you know, can kind of jettison you into a whole new world.
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Helen Sharman
British Scientist
During launch, the outside of the rocket is covered in a protective fairing, so we couldn't see outside, but as soon as that was jettisoned, my first view of the earth was over the Pacific Ocean, which was this wonderful deep blue, with clouds just over the top, and sunlight streaming in through the window.
Quote examples
Gwen Ifill
American Journalist
Authentic apology is a tricky thing to pull off in politics, which is why it so seldom occurs. Plausible deniability must be preserved. True contrition has to be displayed. Traitors to the cause must be immediately be jettisoned. Most of all, the goal is to stop the bleeding.
Quote examples
Scott Snyder
American Writer
There's an element of ego to writing the Riddler. You research a lot of things that you end up jettisoning as a writer, and Riddler was a lot of fun to get to have that sort of annoying know-it-all personality lording over the city. He's a lot of fun to write about.
Quote examples
Dorothea Benton Frank
American Author
Here's my definition of a great beach read - a fabulous story that sucks me in like a black hole and when it's over, it jettisons my bones across the galaxy with a hair on fire mission to convince everyone I know that they must read that book or they will die.
Quote examples
Hari Nef
American Actress
I admire actresses who are willing to jettison the easy route toward exposure and commercial success as an actor in favor or a slow burn, choosing projects carefully, and building an artistic practice over time that feels specific to who they are as artists.
Quote examples
Mira Sorvino
American Actress
The cognitive dissonance, the denial and cowardice that spare us painful truths and prevent us from acting in defense of innocent victims while allowing 'beloved' individuals to continue their heinous behavior must be jettisoned from the bottom of our souls.
Quote examples
Timothy Simons
American Actor
I started out with the intention of studying physics. I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.
Quote examples
Katherine Dunn
American Novelist
My dad was a third-generation printer and linotype operator, by all accounts a fabulous ballroom dancer. He was jettisoned from the family before I was 2, and I have never met him and have no memory of him.
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Hermann Oberth
German Scientist
If there is a small rocket on top of a big one, and if the big one is jettisoned and the small one is ignited, then their speeds are added.
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David Caruso
American Actor
Television, as you know, can kind of jettison you into a whole new world.
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