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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She explained the discharge process and where to go for help.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
The vessel updated its destination to New York before changing it to “for orders,” a designation typically indicating a vessel has no confirmed final discharge port.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“There’s no more oil to discharge to China anymore,” said Homayoun Falakshahi, head of crude-oil analysis at Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Pope Leo XIV will leave the Rome hospital Saturday where he has been recovering from lung cancer surgery after doctors deemed him "fit for discharge", the Vatican said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
A cab rolled up to discharge a passenger and I was about to take it when the woman came up the stairs and stopped before me, smiling.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
The number and rate of layoffs and discharges also were little changed at 1.6 million and 1%, respectively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
As the battery repeatedly charges and discharges, lithium does not always spread evenly across the copper surface.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
At Llyn Padarn, Gwynedd, despite the lake's designated bathing water being classified as "excellent" for water quality, discharges lasted 1,614 hours.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
When the government discharges a borrower’s student loan, it sends information to the borrower’s servicer instructing it to get rid of the loans.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 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
“On Saturday, at a gun range, a weapon accidentally discharged while holstered, resulting in a superficial injury to film director Michael Mann,” his representative said in a statement Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Evans was discharged from cleft services when she was 17.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
The grand jury had decided there was insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges after Kris Harrison said the Glock handgun discharged accidentally while he was showing it to his daughter.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Pike was rushed to a local hospital, where she was intubated on a ventilator and eventually discharged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
“If that’s all, I reckon he’s discharged, your honor?”
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
It has invested in Italian company D-Orbit, which offers services to insert satellites into orbit, and Skeleton, an Estonian maker of energy-storage devices designed for fast charging and discharging.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A charge cycle represents one complete use of a battery, from charging to discharging and back again.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The judge, Lord Colbeck, thanked the jury for their service before discharging them.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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
Garfield's wound continued discharging "healthy pus" through a drainage tube, which the Bliss team interpreted as a sign of healing.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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