[{"word":"jettisons","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"(collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.","synonyms":["jetsam ballast"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The action of jettisoning items.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["jetsam ballast"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill."},{"definition":"To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.","synonyms":["chuck","discard","ditch","dump","junk","lose"],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["chuck","discard","ditch","dump","junk","lose"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jettison","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jettisons"]}]