Thesaurus / jettison
FEEDBACKHow to use jettison in a sentence
"We'll jettison what freight proves an embarrassment," this astute individual advised.
CAPTAIN SCRAGGSPETER B. KYNENo occasion to jettison any of our cargo yet, however useless it may be.
THE LIFE OF A CELEBRATED BUCCANEERRICHARD CLYNTONHe unclamped his safety harness and stumbled to the jettison bin, holding a hand over his mouth.
SPILLTHROUGHDANIEL F. GALOUYEAnd if the swell got too strong for her we had to jettison the top tiers of cotton balespitch em overboard, you see.
CAROLYN OF THE CORNERSRUTH BELMORE ENDICOTTYou could drink a fifth, jettison the bottle through the trash lock, and sober up before you were needed again.
DEATH OF A SPACEMANWALTER M. MILLERMitchington, thoroughly taken aback by this candid statement, was at a loss for words, and again he glanced at Jettison.
THE PARADISE MYSTERYJ. S. FLETCHERMitchington, who felt a curious uneasiness, gave Jettison another glance.
THE PARADISE MYSTERYJ. S. FLETCHERAnd while Jettison merely nodded comprehendingly, Mitchington put his thoughts into words.
THE PARADISE MYSTERYJ. S. FLETCHERThe two men went away through the midnight streets, and kept silence until they were near the door of Jettison's hotel.
THE PARADISE MYSTERYJ. S. FLETCHER"I said last night that the young man was playing a deep game," replied Jettison.
THE PARADISE MYSTERYJ. S. FLETCHERWORDS RELATED TO JETTISON
- abdicate
- cast off
- change one's tune
- desert
- disclaim
- disown
- drift away
- forgo
- forswear
- give up
- have done with
- jettison
- jilt
- kiss goodbye
- leave
- leave flat
- leave high and dry
- quit
- relinquish
- renounce
- repudiate
- resign
- run out on
- set aside
- show the door
- spurn
- surrender
- take the oath
- throw over
- walk out on
- wash one's hands of
- yield
- abdicated
- cast off
- changed one's tune
- deserted
- disclaimed
- disowned
- drifted away
- forewent
- forswore
- gave up
- have did with
- jettisoned
- jilted
- kissed goodbye
- left
- left flat
- left high and dry
- quit
- ran out on
- relinquished
- renounced
- repudiated
- resigned
- set aside
- showed the door
- spurned
- surrendered
- threw over
- took the oath
- walked out on
- washed one's hands of
- yielded
- allay
- alleviate
- ameliorate
- assuage
- attenuate
- buoy
- change
- comfort
- cut down
- decrease
- dilute
- disburden
- disencumber
- ease
- empty
- eradicate
- extenuate
- facilitate
- free
- jettison
- lessen
- levitate
- make less
- make lighter
- mitigate
- mollify
- pour out
- put off
- reduce
- relieve
- remove
- shift
- take
- take a load off
- thin
- throw out
- unburden
- unload
- uplight
- upraise
- burn
- cashier
- cast aside
- cast off
- cast out
- chuck
- decline
- deny
- despise
- disallow
- disbelieve
- discard
- discount
- discredit
- disdain
- dismiss
- eliminate
- exclude
- give thumbs down to
- jettison
- jilt
- kill
- nix
- not buy
- pass by
- pass on
- pass up
- put down
- rebuff
- refuse
- renounce
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- repulse
- scoff
- scorn
- scout
- scrap
- second
- shed
- shoot down
- shun
- slough
- spurn
- throw away
- throw out
- turn down
- veto
- burns
- cashiers
- casts aside
- casts off
- casts out
- chucks
- declines
- denies
- despises
- disallows
- disbelieves
- discards
- discounts
- discredits
- disdains
- dismisses
- eliminates
- excludes
- gives thumbs down to
- jettisons
- jilts
- kills
- nixes
- not buys
- passes by
- passes on
- passes up
- puts down
- rebuffs
- refuses
- renounces
- repels
- reprobates
- repudiates
- repulses
- scoffs
- scorns
- scouts
- scraps
- seconds
- sheds
- shoots down
- shuns
- sloughs
- spurns
- throws away
- throws out
- turns down
- vetoes
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