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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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Rushing toward a supernova death, the star (not shown) had expanded enormously, jettisoning its outer layers at some 32,000 kilometers per hour.

When really big winds collide

CND Cymru chair Jill Evans said: 'There are many unanswered questions which the public deserve to know about concerning the safety of jettisoning bombs off the Welsh coast.

MoD DENY CHANNEL BOMB DROP CLAIM; B-52 in 'suspicious' detour to Wales

It does mean moving beyond process accountability without jettisoning the procedures that empower parents to participate in their children's education and that give them (and schools) the right to resolve their differences in quasi-legal and legal proceedings.

Reaching the ideal: special education has its problems, but they mainly follow from the failure of schools to comply fully with the law. (Forum)

And many rites were spoiled by this mania for jettisoning everything from the past and of rebuilding everything from top to bottom, as though the Church had, until today, hoodwinked and misled us.

Giving Satan a chance: an exorcist's complaint. (Vatican)

Is there a way to minimize the instability the system can engender without jettisoning the gains?

The color of money: alternative currency promotes fresh thinking about sustainable economics. (Money Matters)

Consumer Products President Dan Romanelli says that with the forthcoming jettisoning (whether by sale or closure) of the Studio Stores operation, "I don't see a need to replace him now."