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JETTISON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Throw as from an airplane

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "jettison" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Throw away, of something encumbering

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "jettison" is one way to...):

cast aside; cast away; cast out; chuck out; discard; dispose; fling; put away; throw away; throw out; toss; toss away; toss out (throw or cast away)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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