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.
Example Sentences
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Or it could be treated to a lesser level, to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for discharge to the ocean.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
If they decline, the current service members who sued will remain protected from discharge while their challenge proceeds.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Instead, because of a painful instance of history repeating itself, the mission concludes with his dishonorable discharge.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
“So, do you need to sign any discharge papers or anything?” asked Dad.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
The number and rate of layoffs and discharges were little changed at 1.7 million and 1%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
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
Each transiting ship requiers about 200 million liters of water, which is then discharged into the sea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 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 underwent a number of procedures and operations before being discharged on 1 February.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The remaining seven people have been discharged after receiving treatment for minor injuries.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 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
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
Regarding the one count of discharging a firearm, Allen’s attorneys wrote that the government “has not asserted that Mr. Allen ever fired any of the recovered weapons.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
DC Water violated the Clean Water Act, which prohibits discharging pollutants into navigable waters, the lawsuit in Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
He heard a switch engine in the Southern Pacific yards discharging steam in shrill dry spurts.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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