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Jettison

To throw property overboard from a ship, especially in an emergency. Under maritime law, property that has been jettisoned (called jetsam) becomes the property of whoever finds it.
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I sincerely feel that Jettison is an extension of my living room, and whoever comes in the door are my friends.
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Specifically, the collective has eight switches with the radio transmit and emergency jettison next to each other.
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Manish claims that putting the Instavest on and off is so simple that a person can jettison the vest in less than a second in a single action and then reassemble and put it back on in less than 45 seconds.
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Radical new rocket
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Applause resounded from NASA and its partners as they watched Orions jettison motor generate 40,000 pounds of thrust in just a blink of an eye, preparing the spacecraft for its first integrated mission with the Space Launch System rocket.
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The pilots conducted the emergency jettison because they were low on fuel and could not land with their bomb load, the Navy said.
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He decided that jettisoning the fuel tanks at the Nellis Jettison Area and keeping the HARM on board would be the best course of action.
Pilot safety
50-cal machine gun has had some feeding and jamming problems since the installation of the new gun jettison rack, NSN 1095-14-553-8310.
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The Manas Air Base leadership notified Kyrgyz officials of a KC-135 in-flight emergency that resulted in a jettison of 54,000 pounds (31,000 liters) of fuel over the remote mountains of southern Kyrgyzstan June 21.
KC-135 in-flight emergency results in jettison of 31,000 liters of fuel over remote mountains of southern Kyrgyzstan
This is evidently what she's now focusing on--while seeing how much cultural baggage she can jettison before the whole enterprise floats into the clouds.
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One answer may be for Bluetooth to jettison its narrowband approach and adopt UWB as its radio communication technology.
What you should know about Ultra-Wideband: proponents say Ultra-Wideband wireless technology can quickly and reliably move huge amounts of data throughout the car, making it well-suited for multimedia applications. It also could eliminate the cost, complexity and weight of conventional wire harnesses ... someday
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