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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They also liaise with families and social services to try to speed up discharge.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
An Action discharge report reviewed by the Journal said he was departing to begin school against its clinical recommendation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The clinic took up my claim, bringing a class-action lawsuit challenging the Army’s handling of discharge upgrade applications.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 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
“You will stay here until I discharge you, Potter, or I shall call the headmaster.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Chambers said: "We've had a good level of success over the last 12-months. We've had the most recoveries and biggest reduction in discharges we've seen in recent years."
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The charity Surfers Against Sewage, which has analysed data from Wales' water companies, said there were more than 100,000 sewage discharges in 2025 - or one every five minutes.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
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 doctor finally discharges Alan after almost a week.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
The health ministry on Sunday said the 60 people who were being monitored after coming into contact with the Kenyan Ebola patient had all been discharged.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
She was later discharged from Southmead Hospital after being treated for her injuries, and is now living in a secure psychiatric hospital.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been heavily criticised after another Covid inquiry over "untested patients being discharged into care homes where tens of thousands of residents died", the Daily Mirror reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
At the moment both raw sewage and treated effluent are discharged into Windermere and campaigners say that is why parts of the lake have been turning green each summer, so-called algal blooming.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
“I spoke to Dr. Nawaz a few minutes ago and he thinks you’ll be discharged in a couple of days. That’s good news, nay?”
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
The disruption was due to delays in distribution after a tanker had trouble discharging its cargo, Simon Aloysius Mantiri, president director of state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina, said Tuesday along with an apology.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
In a battery, electrons flow from cathode to anode, external when charging and in the opposite direction when discharging or providing power.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
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
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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