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
She explained the discharge process and where to go for help.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Damac has told the city that it won’t discharge into the wastewater or groundwater, the city spokeswoman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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
Sager did have a military record, honorable discharge, lit-erally a Boy Scout as a kid and now a troop leader.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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
He said 50% of the discharges the force dealt with were from shotguns which had been owned lawfully, but stolen in burglaries and ended up in criminal hands.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 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 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
Two of the injured have been discharged from the hospital, said Przemyslaw Nowak, a prosecution spokesman.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Short but athletic, he spent a few months in officer training during World War I, then caught the Spanish flu and was promptly discharged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The grand jury had decided there was insufficient evidence to bring criminal charges after Kris Harrison said the Glock handgun discharged accidentally while he was showing it to his daughter.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 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
Colonel Aureliano Buendía held the inked pen in the air and discharged the whole weight of his authority on him.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Eastern Mediterranean Maritime, a Greece-based commercial ship manager that manages Maltatankers Shipping, the tanker’s owner, said in a statement that the discharging port “is not confirmed yet.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
A charge cycle represents one complete use of a battery, from charging to discharging and back again.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
The judge, Lord Colbeck, thanked the jury for their service before discharging them.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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
As the day passed, cars and buses kept stopping alongside the moving procession, discharging new marchers who had flocked to Montgomery to walk the last few miles to the capitol.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
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