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jettison

British pronunciation/d‍ʒˈɛtɪsən/
American pronunciation/ˈdʒɛtɪsən/
to jettison
[VERB]
MAIN VERB
1

throw as from an airplane

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2

throw away, of something encumbering

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Examples
1His voice jettisoned any pretense of objectivity.
2It jettisoned the banana slices.
3It then jettisoned its payload: two nuclear bombs.
4It merely jettisoned some parts of the Earth back into space.
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