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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After my discharge from military service in 1962, I spent three years working for multinational institutions—the European Economic, Atomic Energy, and Coal and Steel communities—which in time would become the European Union.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“He thinks he’ll get a dishonorable discharge, and just because he was burnt out, his 13-year-old career is ruined, just like that,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Welsh Water said it will invest a record £2.5bn over the next four years, and understood the concerns about sewage discharge.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The message said her servicer would receive a file once a month with accounts to wipe out and that her servicer would notify her when her loan discharge was processed, according to the complaint.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
"But I have one obligation still to discharge."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
At Llyn Padarn, Gwynedd, despite the lake's designated bathing water being classified as "excellent" for water quality, discharges lasted 1,614 hours.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
Along with friction and chemical reactions, tiny electrical discharges from charged droplets may also play a role in how coatings break down over time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
The number of layoffs and discharges was little changed at 1.7 million, while voluntary quits held steady at 3.1 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The doctor finally discharges Alan after almost a week.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
According to the charity, sewage was discharged into Wales' designated bathing waters for a total of 35,669 hours over the year.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
After less than a year in Salzburg, he’s discharged and sent home, back on the path to a conventional legal career.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
In August, a source close to Applegate told The Times that “all is well” after Applegate was reportedly discharged and back at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
After you sell your eligible assets, the remaining debts are usually discharged, so you are free and clear to start your life anew.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Scruggs was discharged the same day he deplaned from Vietnam in Oakland, California.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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
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
Garfield's wound continued discharging "healthy pus" through a drainage tube, which the Bliss team interpreted as a sign of healing.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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