discharge
- the process of legally setting free n.
- dismissal from a job, the military, etc. n.
- detonation, especially of a weapon n.
- a pouring forth, especially from the body n.
- act or instance of unloading n.
- carrying out of responsibility n.
- full payment of debt n.
- release from legal custody v.
- dismiss from a job, the military, etc. v.
- detonate a weapon v.
- pour forth, especially from the body v.
- remove cargo from something v.
- carry out responsibility v.
- fully pay or settle debt v.
- dismiss a legal or legislative process v.
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When it later strikes a protective coating, that charge can suddenly discharge at the point of impact, potentially damaging the material.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
It is illegal to discharge a pellet or BB gun outside an authorized target range in the city of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The amendment provides a process for the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president unable to discharge the duties of the office.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
If they decline, the current service members who sued will remain protected from discharge while their challenge proceeds.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
After only about four months, she was given an honorable discharge for “health reasons.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
The number and rate of layoffs and discharges were little changed at 1.7 million and 1%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Thames Water has faced intense criticism for several years over failures to prevent sewage discharges and leaks.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Sodium ion batteries operate in a broadly similar way to lithium ion batteries, with charged sodium particles moving between two electrodes as the battery charges and discharges.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
France has reduced output at its nuclear reactors, because the rivers where it discharges water used to cool the reactors are already too hot.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
The doctor discharges me three days later, on the condition I return daily to have my dressings changed and breathing monitored.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
As a result of the harassment, the employee says in her complaint, she suffered suffered depression “and was required to seek ongoing psychiatric care” before being discharged in April 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In 1971, he moved to Minamata, Japan, a coastal city where methylmercury discharged by a chemical company was polluting the water and causing horrendous genetic damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Each transiting ship requiers about 200 million liters of water, which is then discharged into the sea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Cleveland Police said a man and a woman remained in hospital while two teenage girls were discharged following treatment.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
When inextricably mixed with domestic and other wastes discharged into the same water, these chemicals sometimes defy detection by the methods in ordinary use by purification plants.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Diablo Canyon uses 2.5 billion gallons of ocean water for cooling each day, discharging hot water directly into the nearby cove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
A charge cycle represents one complete use of a battery, from charging to discharging and back again.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
France's main energy provider also shut down two nuclear reactors on Thursday as an environmental protection measure to avoid discharging too much hot water into already warming rivers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
But he was then mistakenly prescribed some to take home by the discharging doctor who believed he had been taking it before being admitted.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
He spent the rest of the night out in the cold, violently discharging the contents of his gastrointestinal tract.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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