jettison

verb

1 six aircraft jettisoned their loads into the sea:

dump, drop, ditch, discharge, eject, throw out, empty out, pour out, tip out, unload, throw overboard, throw over the side.

▷antonyms load.

2 he sorted out his desk, jettisoning unwanted papers | the scheme was jettisoned:

discard, dispose of, throw away, throw out, get rid of, toss out;

reject, scrap, dispense with, cast aside/off, abandon, relinquish, drop, have done with, shed, slough off, shrug off, throw on the scrapheap;

informal chuck (away/out), fling, dump, ditch, axe, bin, junk, get shut of;

British, informal get shot of;

North American, informal trash.

▷antonyms keep, retain.

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