jettison
Example Sentences
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Nor was he sentimental about jettisoning poor performers, insisting that “my obligation was to the living, not the dead.”
People like Schliemann enjoyed short-lived pay boosts, only to be jettisoned into an economy where everything costs more.
But he has intervened in reviews and jettisoned other drugs that fall outside his bailiwick.
But he had jettisoned his phone to avoid being tracked, according to Tévoédjrè.
Ultimately, Franco jettisons his characters for the sake of unearned plot twists that leave the viewer feeling only icky.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
