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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And a common way to discharge many patients, putting them in a rehab center or postacute-care facility, is increasingly delayed, leaving fewer beds for incoming patients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
They also liaise with families and social services to try to speed up discharge.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 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
It was so secret that our real “occupational specialty” was not even mentioned on our discharge papers.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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
The lawsuit claims that the Education Department gave servicers instructions, known as a change request, on how to process these group loan discharges, including deleting credit trade lines.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
The regional bodies would be given powers to oversee elements of water companies' spending and hold bosses to account over bills and sewage discharges.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 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
Evans was discharged from cleft services when she was 17.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
About 29,000 gallons of sewage was discharged near Livingston Drive and 2nd Street beginning around 6:30 p.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
She was rushed to a local hospital, where she was intubated on a ventilator and eventually discharged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
After he was discharged, he rejoined his family and took a job as a policeman in September 1861, becoming one of the first 150 men hired when Washington, D.C., formed its brand-new Metropolitan Police Department.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
The disruption was due to delays in distribution after a tanker had trouble discharging its cargo, Simon Aloysius Mantiri, president director of state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina, said Tuesday along with an apology.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
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
It unloaded some of its cargo last month and appeared to be discharging the rest at a berth in Long Beach on Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
He heard a switch engine in the Southern Pacific yards discharging steam in shrill dry spurts.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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