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jettison meaning in Tamil

எறிசரக்குகள்

UK/ˈd͡ʒɛtɪsn̩//ˈdʒɛt.ə.s(ə)n/

jettison in Tamil: எறிசரக்குகள், பாரம் குறைத்தல், விட்டெறி, பாரம் குறை. In English, jettison means items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the vessel.

Tamil words for jettison

எறிசரக்குகள், பாரம் குறைத்தல், விட்டெறி, பாரம் குறை

English meaning of jettison

  1. noun Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the vessel.
  2. noun The act of throwing goods overboard to lighten a ship or aircraft in distress.
  3. verb To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
  4. verb To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

Full definition of jettison

jettison in a sentence

  • The shoreline was littered with the floating jettison from the wrecked freighter.
  • Deep-sea divers discovered centuries-old jettison resting on the sandy seafloor.
  • The captain ordered the immediate jettison of the heavy cargo to save the sinking ship.

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Questions about jettison in Tamil

What is the meaning of jettison in Tamil?
Jettison in Tamil is எறிசரக்குகள், பாரம் குறைத்தல், விட்டெறி, பாரம் குறை.
jettison என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Jettison: எறிசரக்குகள், பாரம் குறைத்தல், விட்டெறி, பாரம் குறை.
What does jettison mean in English?
Jettison means items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon to lighten the vessel.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: jettison (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: jettison (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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