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.
were jettisoning
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past progressiveof jettison.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But last week, the businessmen who now govern the remnants of Hearst's empire were jettisoning American Weekly clients right and left in a desperate effort to keep the supplement afloat.
From Time Magazine Archive
The crew were jettisoning the cargo of wheat on to the ice as it flowed past, but the more they lightened the farther the vessel was forced on to the bank by the rushing current.
From Looking Seaward Again by Walter Runciman
