We could easily and inexpensively jettison the old, stupid structures.
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Jettison
//ˈd͡ʒɛɾəsən//
Synonyms for "jettison" (153 found)
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Related words (76)
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Noun(1 words)
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2 entriesderived from
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88 translations across 19 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 拋棄 /抛弃 noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
Czech
4 entries- odhodit verb (to eject from a boat)
- odhodit verb (to let go or get rid of)
- opustit verb (to let go or get rid of)
- upustit verb (to let go or get rid of)
Danish
4 entries- ballast noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
- losning noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- kaste over bord verb (to eject from a boat)
- losse verb (to eject from a boat)
Dutch
4 entries- ballast noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
- opgeven noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- overboordgooien noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- prijsgeven noun (the action of jettisoning items)
Finnish
2 entries- painolasti noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
- heittää yli laidan verb (to eject from a boat)
French
4 entries- délestage noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- largage noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- lest noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
- abandonner verb (to let go or get rid of)
Georgian
3 entries- გადაყრა noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- გემიდან ტვირთის გადაყრა noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
- გემიდან ტვირთის მოშორება noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
German
4 entries- Abwerfen noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- Ballast noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
- Ballast abwerfen verb (to eject from a boat)
- loswerden verb (to let go or get rid of)
Hebrew
2 entries- הֲטָלָה לַיָּם noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- הֵטִיל לַיָּם verb (to eject from a boat)
Hungarian
4 entries- ballaszt noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
- kidob verb (to eject from a boat)
- kihajít verb (to eject from a boat)
- megszabadul verb (to let go or get rid of)
Italian
4 entries- buttare verb (to let go or get rid of)
- espellere verb (to let go or get rid of)
- gettare verb (to let go or get rid of)
- gettare in mare verb (to eject from a boat)
Māori
1 entries- ākiri verb (to let go or get rid of)
Norwegian
1 entries- hive noun (the action of jettisoning items)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- kaste verb (to let go or get rid of)
- kaste overbord verb (to eject from a boat)
- kaste på sjøen verb (to eject from a boat)
- kvitte seg med verb (to let go or get rid of)
Polish
4 entries- balast noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
- wyrzucenie noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- zrzut noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- wyrzucać za burtę verb (to eject from a boat)
Portuguese
4 entries- lastro noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
- deslastrar verb (to eject from a boat)
- jogar fora verb (to let go or get rid of)
- livrar-se de verb (to let go or get rid of)
Russian
4 entries- балла́ст noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
- выбра́сывание noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- сброс noun (the action of jettisoning items)
- вы́бросить verb (to let go or get rid of)
Spanish
4 entries- desbarrancar verb (to eject from a boat)
- desechar verb (to let go or get rid of)
- desfacerse de verb (to eject from a boat)
- desgalgar verb (to eject from a boat)
Tagalog
2 entries- taponlulan noun (collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon)
- taponlulanin verb (to eject from a boat)
Sample sentences
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.
Source: tatoeba (11899363)
The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.