Meanings (ES + gloss)
desbarrancar • desfacerse de • desgalgar • deslastrar • despeñar • echar al mar • echar mercancías al mar • soltar lastre • tirar por la borda
To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill.
The fuel tanks were jettisoned.
desechar • echar por la borda • expeler
To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
Among the most modern of all the Pacific stock in Great Britain is the stud of "Merchant Navy" and "West Country" Pacifics on the Southern Region, and the rebuilding which is now b…
[…] the defense of horrendous behavior as “free speech”; the jettisoning of “free speech” when it served corporate purposes; the way no one seeks permission but all expect forgiven…
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