Ballast abwerfen — 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
Ballast abwerfen is used for these senses in English:
- jettison To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
jettison — full definition
- verb To throw cargo or equipment overboard or overboard-equivalent, usually to lighten a vessel or aircraft in an emergency.
- verb To abandon or discard something no longer wanted or useful.
- noun The act of throwing something overboard, or the items thrown out this way.
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