jettison

/ˈdʒɛtɪsən/

noun

(collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
Similar: jetsam ballast
The action of jettisoning items.

verb

To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.
"The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill."
To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.
Similar: chuck, discard, ditch, dump, junk

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