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Definition of "jettison" []

  • To cast overboard or off: a ship jettisoning wastes; a pilot jettisoning aircraft fuel. (verb-transitive)
  • Informal To discard (something) as unwanted or burdensome: jettisoned the whole marketing plan. (verb-transitive)
  • The act of discarding or casting overboard. (noun)
  • Jetsam. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "jettison" in a sentence
  • "I've got a few clean-up issues to attend to, not least of all my need to "jettison" (to borrow Bill's oh-so-apt word choice) the frame story - which is something I've been thinking about ever since moriarty6 suggested the same."
  • "But we find that, when someone wants to make a major change in their lives, especially around breaking out of chemical abuse, if they kind of jettison that person who was part of that abuse with them, that ` s usually a very positive step."
  • "Television, as you know, can kind of jettison you into a whole new world."