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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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
Thursday’s order requires Lineage to monitor the air these filtration systems discharge into the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Duffy was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £565 in compensation to his neighbour.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
There’s a 218-vote threshold required for a discharge petition in the House.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
In both sectors, the attacks were preceded by the discharge of chlorine gas—the first time poison gas had been used by the Allies.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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
Windermere has been in the spotlight in recent years due to concerns over sewage discharges and its water turning green due to algal blooming, particularly during the summer.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
Water quality at coastal locations is generally much better than inland, with rivers frequently polluted by sewage discharges and agricultural run-off.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
As the medical director of hospital operations, Dr. Pappas used AI to tackle the inefficient management of admissions, discharges and transfers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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
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
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
Levi Saunders was discharged from the Brooklyn Memorial Hospital the following Wednesday afternoon.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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
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
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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