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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“There’s no more oil to discharge to China anymore.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
An Action discharge report reviewed by the Journal said he was departing to begin school against its clinical recommendation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
No date has been given for Pope Leo's hospital discharge, but recovery was expected to take around a week.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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
I sat on a bench and waited, wondering if the discharge guard would discover my journal and read enough of it to send a search team to come and get me.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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
Such discharges can be permitted by the Environment Agency under specified circumstances.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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 finally discharges Alan after almost a week.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
The other four boys, who all suffered serious injuries, have since been discharged.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
On the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Cooper recently talked about the case of two-year-old Finlay Roberts, who died in 2024 after spending hours in a hospital corridor before being discharged.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
“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
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
The good news is that Ashima and the baby are to be discharged the following morning.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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
It has been lingering off Malaysia since discharging the crude to another vessel in a ship-to-ship transfer in August.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
A charge cycle represents one complete use of a battery, from charging to discharging and back again.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 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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