Jettison

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Crossword clues for 'JETTISON'

Jettison the Johnson: Transwomen Athletes Crashing Female Sports Will Only Hurt the Game As the Biden administration moves to make it illegal to deny the participation of birth males in female sport, a number of courageous athletes and academics are beginning to speak out on the issue, warning that the presidential orders will have disastrous. Find 30 ways to say JETTISON, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus.

Jettison
ClueAnswer
Abandon, reject (8)JETTISON
Abandon, discard (8)

Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for JETTISON

We hope that the following list of synonyms for the word jettison will help you to finish your crossword today. We've arranged the synonyms in length order so that they are easier to find.

3 letter words

RID

4 letter words

BOOT - CAST - DICE - DUMP - JILT - JUNK - OUST - QUIT - SHED - TOSS

5 letter words

CHUCK - DITCH - EJECT - EXPEL - LEAVE - SCRAP - SHOOT - THROW

6 letter words

BEG OFF - BOUNCE - CRY OFF - DISUSE - MAROON - OUSTER - PUT OUT - REFUSE - REJECT - REMOVE - RENEGE - SLOUGH - UNLOAD - VACATE

7 letter words

ABANDON - BACK OUT - BOOT OUT - CASHIER - CAST OFF - CAST OUT - CASTOFF - DEEP SIX - DEEP-SIX - DETRUDE - DISCARD - DISPOSE - DROP OUT - DUMPING - EXCLUDE - EXTRUDE - FORSAKE - JUNKING - KICK OUT - LEAVING - OBTRUDE - OFFLOAD - OUSTING - PULL OUT - REMOVAL - RENEGUE - THE BOOT - TOSS OUT - TURN OUT - WASH OUT

8 letter words

ABDICATE - CAST AWAY - CASTAWAY - CHUCK OUT - DISPOSAL - EJECTION - EVACUATE - GET RID OF - GIVE AWAY - GO BACK ON - HEAVE OUT - JETTISON - LAY ASIDE - PART WITH - QUIT COLD - RIDDANCE - THROW OUT - WITHDRAW

9 letter words

CAST ASIDE - CESSATION - DESUETUDE - DETRUSION - DISCHARGE - DISPOSE OF - EIGHTY-SIX - EJECTMENT - ELIMINATE - EXPULSION - EXTRUSION - FORSAKING - GET QUIT OF - GET SHUT OF - LEAVE FLAT - OBTRUSION - REJECTION - SCRAPPING - STAND DOWN - THE BOUNCE - THROW AWAY - THROW OVER - THROWAWAY - THRUST OUT

10 letter words

BOOTING OUT - DEPART FROM - DISCARDING - EVACUATION - PULLING OUT - RELEGATION - WITHDRAWAL

11 letter words

ABANDONMENT - ABSENTATION - CASTING AWAY - DISPOSITION - ELIMINATION - GIVE THE HOOK - JETTISONING - LEAVE BEHIND - TAKE LEAVE OF - THROWING OUT

12 letter words

DEFENESTRATE - REJECTAMENTA - SAY GOODBYE TO

13 letter words

TOSS OVERBOARD

14 letter words

DEFENESTRATION - KICK DOWNSTAIRS - THROW OVERBOARD

17 letter words

KICKING DOWNSTAIRS - THROWING OVERBOARD

Definition of jettison

  • throw as from an airplane
  • throw away, of something encumbering


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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Anglo-Normangetteson, from Old Frenchgetaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: would be *jetaison like pendaison); possibly from a Vulgar Latin*iectātiō, from *iectātus < iectāre, from Latiniactō. Doublet of jetsam.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (General Australian)IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛɾəsən/, /ˈdʒɛtɪsən/
  • (Received Pronunciation)IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛtɪsn̩/, /-zn̩/
  • (US)IPA(key): /ˈdʒɛɾɪsn̩/, /-zn̩/
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Define Jettisoning

Noun[edit]

jettison (pluraljettisons)

  1. (uncountable,collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
    Synonym:
  2. (countable) The action of jettisoning items.

Translations[edit]

collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 拋棄(zh), 抛弃(zh)(pāoqì)
  • Danish: ballastc
  • Dutch: ballast(nl)m
  • Finnish: painolasti(fi)
  • French: lest(fr)m
  • Georgian: გემიდან ტვირთის გადაყრა(gemidan ṭvirtis gadaq̇ra), გემიდან ტვირთის მოშორება(gemidan ṭvirtis mošoreba)
  • German: Ballast(de)m
  • Hungarian: ballaszt(hu)
  • Polish: balast(pl)m
  • Russian: выбрасывание груза за борт во время бедствия (vybrásyvanije grúza zá bort vo vrémja bédstvija) n(no exact term exists)
  • Tagalog: taponlulan
  • Danish: losningc,
  • Dutch: prijsgeven(nl)n, opgeven(nl)n, overboordgooienn,
  • French: délestage(fr)m, largage(fr)
  • Georgian: გადაყრა(gadaq̇ra)
  • German: Abwerfenn
  • Hebrew: הֲטָלָה לַיָּם‎(he)f(hatala layam)
  • Norwegian: hiven
  • Russian: сброс(ru)m(sbros), выбра́сывание(ru)n(vybrásyvanije)(гру́за за́ борт)

Verb[edit]

jettison (third-person singular simple presentjettisons, present participlejettisoning, simple past and past participlejettisoned)

  1. To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
    The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.
  2. (figuratively) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
    Synonyms:discard, chuck, ditch, dump, junk, lose; see alsoThesaurus:junk
    • 2018 October 30, David Streitfeld, “Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      […] the defense of horrendous behavior as “free speech”; the jettisoning of “free speech” when it served corporate purposes; the way no one seeks permission but all expect forgiveness.

Translations[edit]

  • Czech: odhoditpf
  • Danish: losse(da), kaste over bord, smide over bord
  • Dutch: lozen(nl), overboord werpen
  • Finnish: heittääylilaidan
  • French: délester(fr), larguer(fr), jeter(fr)par-dessus bord(fr)
  • German: über Bord werfen, Ballast abwerfen
  • Hebrew: הֵטִיל לַיָּם‎(he)m(hetil layam)
  • Hungarian: kidob(hu)
  • Italian: gettare in mare
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: kaste overbord, kaste på sjøen
  • Portuguese: deslastrar
  • Russian: сбра́сывать(ru)impf(sbrásyvatʹ), сбро́сить(ru)pf(sbrósitʹ)(груз за́ борт)
  • Spanish: echarmercancías al mar, deslastrar(es), soltarlastre
  • Tagalog: taponlulanin

Jettison Define

  • Czech: zbavit sepf
  • Dutch: van de hand doen, achterlaten(nl)
  • French: se débarrasser(fr), abandonner(fr), (familiar)balancer(fr)
  • German: loswerden(de)
  • Hungarian: megszabadul(hu)
  • Italian: gettare(it), buttare(it), espellere(it)
  • Maori: ākiri
  • Norwegian:
    Bokmål: kvitte seg med, kaste(no)
  • Portuguese: , livrar-se de
  • Russian: выбра́сывать(ru)impf(vybrásyvatʹ), вы́бросить(ru)pf(výbrositʹ)
  • Spanish: desechar(es), expeler(es)
Jettison

Further reading[edit]

  • jettison on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Jettisoning Meaning

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