Jettison
Jettison noun - The getting rid of whatever is unwanted or useless.
Sacrifice and jettison are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sacrifice" instead a noun "Jettison".
Nearby Words: jettisoned, jettisoning
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Bitter Sweet Ending / Heroic Sacrifice: Carson stops the Nazis from dropping the atomic bomb on New York; however, the bomb's controls are damaged in the firefight, leaving Carson unable to simply jettison the bomb.
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