Word
ditching
Phoneticsditch·ing
US/ˈdɪtʃɪŋ/
UK/dˈɪtʃɪŋ/
Definition
v. to get rid of something you no longer want or to stop doing something. In aviation, it means landing an aircraft on water in an emergency.
v. to abandon or discard something; in an aviation context, to perform a controlled emergency landing on water. The present participle form of 'ditch', often used to describe the act of disposal or emergency water landing.
Examples
“The pilot is ditching the plane in the river.”
“After the engine failed over the ocean, the crew began the process of ditching the aircraft to save the passengers.”
“While the company is ditching its old software in favor of a cloud-based system, the transition period has caused significant delays for the engineering team.”
Examples
simple
“The pilot is ditching the plane in the river.”
contextual
“After the engine failed over the ocean, the crew began the process of ditching the aircraft to save the passengers.”
complex
“While the company is ditching its old software in favor of a cloud-based system, the transition period has caused significant delays for the engineering team.”
Usage
The verb is transitive and requires a direct object, such as a plan, an object, or a vehicle.
Domain
Scan code
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