Dump
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Airplanes that have to make an emergency landing often dump fuel to lighten the load (the weight differential between full and empty tanks is a factor in landing) and/or reduce risk of fire.
Source: Emergency Cargo Dump -
Eventually the empty space was used for an office building which makes the station look, from the river side, as if a giant hovercraft is taking a dump in it.
Source: Useful Notes / National Rail -
In Halo Wars, there is no way a infantry transport vehicle the size of three dump trucks can carry 240 Marines, and look empty from your view over the battlefield.
Source: Clown Car
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Empty and Dump. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dump/empty
Dump & Empty. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dump/empty>.
Empty or Dump. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dump/empty.
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