jettison

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Jettison- Abby W.


 * > Name: || Abby Wilmer ||
 * > Word: || Jettison ||
 * > Source: || //The Savage Wars of Peace//, Max Boot, "To Conquer Upon the Sea", A Pack of Boys, page 18 ||
 * > Appropriate Definition: || Verb- to voluntary sacrifice of cargo to lighten a ship's load in time of distress; to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering ||
 * > Definition URL: || [] ||
 * > Context Sentences: || "Two hours later, still in full pursuit, the ship ran aground on the treacherous Kaliusa Reef, not indicated on Bainbridge's charts. The crew desperately **jettisoned** water kegs, anchors, and anything else they could find . They even cut down the foremast" (Boot 18). ||

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