had been jettisoning

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of jettison.
  jettison

  verb (used with object)

  to cast (goods) overboard in order to lighten a vessel or aircraft or to improve its stability in an emergency.

Related Words

• abandon
• abdicate
• discard
• dump
• junk
• scrap
• shed
• unload