jettison
verb
1 jettison
Throw away, of something encumbering.
Roget 782:
relinquish,
give up,
surrender,
yield,
cede;
let go,
let slip;
spare,
drop,
resign,
forego,
renounce,
abandon,
expropriate†,
give away,
dispose of,
part with;
lay aside,
lay apart,
lay down,
lay on the shelf
etc.
(disuse)
678;
set aside,
put aside,
put away;
make away with,
cast behind;
maroon.
give notice to quit,
give warning;
supersede;
be rid of,
get rid of,
be quit of,
get quit of;
eject
etc.
297.
rid oneself of,
disburden oneself of,
divest oneself of,
dispossess oneself of;
wash one's hands of.
discard,
cast off,
dismiss;
cast away,
throw away,
pitch away,
fling away,
cast aside,
cast overboard,
cast to the dogs,
throw aside,
throw overboard,
throw to the dogs,
pitch aside,
pitch overboard,
pitch to the dogs,
fling aside,
fling overboard,
fling to the dogs;
cast to the winds,
throw to the winds,
sweep to the winds;
put away,
turn away,
sweep away;
jettison;
reject.
quit one's hold,
quitclaim.
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2 jettison
Throw as from an airplane.
Moby thesaurus: abandon, abandonment, abdicate, absentation, back out, beg off, boot out, booting out, bounce, cashier, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, cast out, castaway, casting away, castoff, cessation, chuck, chuck out, cry off, deep six, deep-six, defenestrate, defenestration, depart from, desuetude, detrude, detrusion, discard, discarding, discharge, disposal, dispose of, disposition, disuse, ditch, drop out, dump, dumping, eighty-six, eject, ejection, ejectment, eliminate, elimination, evacuate, evacuation, exclude, expel, expulsion, extrude, extrusion, forsake, forsaking, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give away, give the hook, go back on, heave out, jettisoning, jilt, junk, junking, kick downstairs, kick out, kicking downstairs, leave, leave behind, leave flat, leaving, maroon, obtrude, obtrusion, oust, ouster, ousting, part with, pull out, pulling out, put out, quit, quit cold, refuse, reject, rejectamenta, rejection, relegation, removal, remove, renege, riddance, say goodbye to, scrap, scrapping, shed, slough, stand down, take leave of, the boot, the bounce, throw away, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, throwaway, throwing out, throwing overboard, thrust out, toss out, toss overboard, turn out, vacate, withdraw, withdrawal ... show more.
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