jettison

One of two or more successive propulsion units of a rocket vehicle that fires after the preceding one has been jettisoned.

There isn't detailed information on how much Greek debt German and other European financial institutions may have jettisoned.

The earth was struck by an asteroid, a huge amount of debris was jettisoned into the atmosphere.

In the vent of a suborbital launch, the booster would be jettisoned before Tycho Brahe spacecraft reaches zero gravity.

Their equipment had been jettisoned at sea; most of their weapons had been lost among the mangroves.

Chambers laid off thousands of employees, shrank the number of suppliers, and simplified or jettisoned many products.

The ubiquitous marigold might be jettisoned for roses, orchids, lilies and gerbera daisies.

Too busy getting on with life, many seemed to have jettisoned courtesy as an optional extra.

He chose to keep his own counsel as recently jettisoned Minister for Communications and Information Technology A.

Bush also jettisoned a key area for cooperation when he dismissed the need for further arms control agreements.

If Rosie O' Donnell was on that spacecraft, I'd hope and pray that she be jettisoned into space or blown up upon re-entry.

GM and Ford have jettisoned several brands after deciding that too many brands made it hard to focus.

the delta - winged columbia , before reaching the orbit , jettisoned its dual booster rockets two minutes into flight.

Is there a risk of some of these sound policies being jettisoned?

The ship's captain ordered that all extra cargo be jettisoned to prevent the ship from sinking.

The Obama administration jettisoned that idea after running into the thorny issue of pricing.

The first-stage vehicle is used to launch the rocket and is then jettisoned in the upper atmosphere.

Chandler jettisoned the anti-union dogma and set about building a west-coast rival to the New York Times.

They have recently jettisoned taboos on using women and children as suicide bombers, and on assassinating tribal elders.

The stigma on government involvement should be jettisoned.

All-world point guard Chris Paul can do the same the following summer, if he "s not jettisoned for some type of compensation before then. "

A rocket stage designed to burn for three minutes before being jettisoned.

In fact, when attacked, the Japanese pilots at once jettisoned their load and ran for home.

Throughout its 100-plus-year history, cinema has added some elements, jettisoned others, and what is lost is soon forgotten.

They have taken aboard new cargo and jettisoned some outmoded gear.

What does he want to keep and what needs to be jettisoned?

He says neckwear conveys 'respect for patients' and shouldn't be jettisoned. Dr.

In the end, Jiang reluctantly jettisoned the idea.

Nor does it evoke 1997, when Tony Blair's New Labour jettisoned socialism and espoused the Third Way.

They've completely jettisoned socialism, and so have we.

Unsteady Aerodynamics Characteristic Study of a Jettisoned Aircraft Canopy

An escape POD was jettisoned during the fighting, but no life forms were aboard

two compartments with equipment that were jettisoned before braking at the Moon's surface;