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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Several months later he says he received an honorable discharge, told he was part of a force reduction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The company has a discharge licence from NRW.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
It then reverses the process, turning the rust back into iron and breathing out oxygen to charge and discharge the battery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Thursday’s order requires Lineage to monitor the air these filtration systems discharge into the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
I needed to find his military discharge papers, which would provide for me some benefits in the domain of college tuition.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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
Hammond said he found about 86% of the raw sewage spilling hours took place when there had not been heavy rain, meaning those discharges could be potentially illegal.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Welsh Water is also one of the defendants in an ongoing civil case over pollution in the River Wye, where residents and businesses allege sewage discharges contributed to environmental damage.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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
The Met Police said the other seven people who needed hospital treatment - six men and one woman - were treated for minor injuries and discharged.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
When the water emerges on the other end to be discharged back into nature, it is nearly turquoise.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
He endured a six-hour surgery to repair his broken jaw and was discharged from the hospital the same day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The remaining seven people have been discharged after receiving treatment for minor injuries.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Your old roommate, whose name and face you’ve already forgotten, was discharged that morning.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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
Moloney said by discharging Calocane to his GP, the trust "left him to the general public to deal with".
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
She cannot hear anything beyond the rain outside and her own pulse discharging in her temples.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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