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délestage — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • jettison verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.

Senses

délestage is used for these senses in English:

  • jettison (countable) The action of jettisoning items.

jettison — full definition

  1. verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.
  2. verb To abandon or discard something no longer wanted or useful.
  3. noun The act of throwing something overboard, or the items thrown out this way.

Related French words