jettison
Dump to lighten
Jettison means to throw overboard, especially to lighten a ship or aircraft in distress: The crew jettisoned cargo to stay afloat.
The word extends to any deliberate discarding of something burdensome or unwanted: She jettisoned her old beliefs, The company jettisoned its failing product line.
The noun jettison refers to the act itself or the material thrown overboard.
Abandon completely
- discardDeliberately throw out
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- renounceFormally give up
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
shed · divest · cast-off · release · drop · sacrifice · forfeit · dump
Off a vessel's deck
- cargoTransported goods
- ballastShip stability material
- flotsamDebris from wrecked vessels
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
trim · stability · liferaft · sinking · storm · shipwreck · lightening · deck
Serious sudden danger
- airdropParachute delivery from aircraft
- bailoutEmergency aid preventing bankruptcy
- ditchingHastily discarding something
- maydayRadio emergency signal
decompression · evacuation · altitude · drag · aerodynamics · payload · aircraft · cockpit
Something that increases strength
- payloadCarried freight or charge
- moduleIndependent functional component
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- orbitalRevolving around another
debris · spacecraft · launch · capsule · re-entry · NASA · mission · thrust
Traveler's packed belongings
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- excessSurplus beyond need
- deadweightInert, unproductive mass
- hindranceBarrier to progress
obstacle · liability · encumbrance · unwanted · unnecessary · superfluous · outdated · obsolete
forsake
Abandon completely
- discardDeliberately throw out
- relinquishVoluntarily give up control
- renounceFormally give up
surrender · shed · divest · cast-off · release · drop · sacrifice · forfeit · dump · ditch
overboard
Off a vessel's deck
buoyancy · trim · stability · liferaft · sinking · storm · shipwreck · lightening · deck · hull
emergency
Serious sudden danger
- airdropParachute delivery from aircraft
- bailoutEmergency aid preventing bankruptcy
- ditchingHastily discarding something
mayday · decompression · evacuation · altitude · drag · aerodynamics · payload · aircraft · cockpit · pilot
booster
Something that increases strength
- payloadCarried freight or charge
- moduleIndependent functional component
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
orbital · debris · spacecraft · launch · capsule · re-entry · NASA · mission · thrust · propulsion
baggage
Traveler's packed belongings
- burdenOppressive weight or duty
- excessSurplus beyond need
- deadweightInert, unproductive mass
hindrance · obstacle · liability · encumbrance · unwanted · unnecessary · superfluous · outdated · obsolete · toxic
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- getting rid ofunload, disposal, dump, shed, offloading
- Nautical Idiomsbatten down the hatches, all hands on deck, smooth sailing, three sheets to the wind, in the same boat
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- rocketryrocket, rockets, rocket fuel, rocket engine, rocket engines
- expulsionsejection, ousting, expelling, forcing out, eviction