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Noun

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dump and burn

  1. (aviation) A maneuver involving dumping and burning.

Verb

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dump and burn (third-person singular simple present dumps and burns, present participle dumping and burning, simple past and past participle dumped and burned or dumped and burnt)

  1. (aviation, of an aircraft) To jettison fuel and then immediately ignite the cloud of jettisoned fuel using one's afterburners to create a large fireball behind the aircraft, typically as an airshow maneuver.