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Definition

to get rid of something not wanted

such as:

items thrown from a ship or plane — typically to reduce weight
an idea, plan, or project

The seas were so rough, the captain jettisoned some of the cargo to better stabilize the ship.

The policy is to jettison excess fuel prior to landing on the carrier.
Ten peculiar children and one peculiar bird were made to fit in just three stout rowboats, with much being jettisoned and left behind on the dock.
Ransom Riggs -- Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
He likes the way seagulls swoop down on garbage mounds and trail after ships waiting for the glint of jettison at the bow.
Don DeLillo -- Underworld
Seemingly, all supervision had been jettisoned.
Jules Verne -- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
His survival instinct told him to jettison the canister right now.
Dan Brown -- Angels & Demons
With a huge heave, he jettisoned the lot into the suspended night.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
The smell that hits us as we enter nearly jettisons me backward—out the door, through time, back to fourth grade.
Lauren Oliver -- Delirium
It's hard to salvage jettisoned cargo and, if it is retrieved, it's usually irreparably damaged.
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
In Ayemenem they danced to jettison their humiliation in the Heart of Darkness.
Arundhati Roy -- The God of Small Things
Would amnesty be granted because people jettisoned by the regime (and therefore themselves potential political prisoners) request it of the president?
Milan Kundera -- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
They had hot-water bottles that they would jettison as soon as the heat dissipated, vacuum bottles of hot tea, and meat sandwiches.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
Robert Leader could not suppress a smile of glee as he spotted two large drop-tanks—jettisoned fuel tanks from Navy planes.
James Bradley -- Flags of Our Fathers
In a matter of only a few seconds, in fact, her eyes appeared to jettison everything that was dark and heavy and to glow with fan-club appreciation.
J.D. Salinger -- Franny and Zooey
The first stage depleted its fuel, and the booster coasted for a fraction of a second as it jettisoned stage clamps via explosive bolts.
Andy Weir -- The Martian
He looked at me then like I was an object to be jettisoned if necessary.
Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
Worst-case scenario, we jettison the section on Björck.
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Played with Fire
It had jettisoned four thousand years of memories like so much ballast.
Rick Riordan -- The Hidden Oracle
Because the plane could carry only a small load, I was forced to jettison some of my "desiderata," including the useless canoe-cum-bathtub.
Farley Mowat -- Never Cry Wolf
These articles, he claimed, caused him to abandon the plan and to jettison all hope of ever succeeding at such a scheme in the future.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City

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