We could easily and inexpensively jettison the old, stupid structures.
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Jettison
/ˈd͡ʒɛɾəsən/
Synonyms for "jettison" (151 found)
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10 entriesCollocations
9 entriesjettison a planjettison cargojettison excess weightjettison fueljettison payloadjettison policyjettison procedurejettison systemjettison weight
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7 total sentences available.
They had to jettison the cargo.
Source: tatoeba (11899359)
To save the lives of the people onboard, the crew had to jettison the cargo.
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The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.
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