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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Daera said "no active discharge was found" but "a definite line of enquiry is being followed regarding the source of the pollution".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
While conventional lithium-ion batteries can discharge power for a handful of hours at a time, Form’s batteries are designed to last 100 hours.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Brahmaputra, one of the world's largest multi-channel rivers, ranks among the top five globally for both water discharge and sediment load.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
There’s a 218-vote threshold required for a discharge petition in the House.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
In my yellow cell I filled a brown cardboard suitcase with my belongings and carried it down to the discharge officer's station for my final inspection.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
The app also includes features such as tide information, health reporting and a live map showing active overflow discharges.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 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
Now the department is ending the most-generous repayment plan and has extinguished hopes for sweeping discharges of debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
The doctor finally discharges Alan after almost a week.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
A local police chief said at the time that the suspect was hospitalised for psychiatric treatment in December and had been discharged.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Mitch McConnell announced that he was being discharged from the hospital on Thursday, saying that he would “continue his recovery at home.”
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
The force said two men remain in hospital with injuries not thought to be life threatening or life changing while the other two have been discharged.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Oscar Barragan, who oversaw the agency’s special enforcement bureau, be discharged for violating the department’s policies on dishonesty and obstructing an investigation, according to an internal July 14 memo reviewed by The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
At Piccadilly Circus I discharged my cab, and walked westward; beyond the Junior Constitutional I came across the house described, and was satisfied that this was the next of the lairs arranged by Dracula.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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
Sherwin said firefighters could hear ammunition discharging in the distance as they continued to fight the flames.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 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
I just needed to stay put for a few more hours and then he’d be discharging me.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
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