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discharge

[dis-chahrj, dis-chahrj, dis-chahrj] / dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ, ˈdɪs tʃɑrdʒ, dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ /


NOUN
detonation, especially of a weapon
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WEAK


NOUN
act or instance of unloading
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STRONGEST
STRONG
disburdening emptying unburdening unlading
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NOUN
full payment of debt
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VERB
detonate a weapon
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VERB
fully pay or settle debt
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WEAK


VERB
dismiss a legal or legislative process
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NHS medical records can contain highly sensitive personal information, ranging from test results and hospital discharge summaries to details of prescriptions and medications.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Now, nearly two years after the most recent discharge was announced, borrowers say they can’t escape the last vestige of this debt: It still appears on their credit reports.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

Borrowers were told that they didn’t need to take any action to receive their discharge and that they didn’t need to resume making payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The San Diego Police Department also will conduct an administrative review of the officer’s discharge of the firearm.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Although sedentary in adult life, they discharge their spawn into the sea, where the young are free-living for a period of several weeks.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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

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

Woods said in an interview that she was relieved when she saw that the Education Department had discharged loans for the borrowers who enrolled in Ashford between March 1, 2009 and April 30, 2020.

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

You can usually keep your property, and eligible remaining unsecured debts, including credit-card debt, may be discharged at the end of the plan.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Before the jury resumed their deliberations on Monday 14 September, the coroner Mr Justice Rooney announced that one juror, who had taken part in the previous phase of the deliberations, had been discharged.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

At Piccadilly Circus I discharged my cab, and walked westward; beyond the Junior Constitutional I came across the house described, and was satisfied that this was the next of the lairs arranged by Dracula.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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

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

Moloney said by discharging Calocane to his GP, the trust "left him to the general public to deal with".

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

It is true one or two errors have been noticeable recently in the discharging of his duties, but these are in every case very trivial in nature.'

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro




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