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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The ship, which had initially listed its destination as New York, was the latest of several vessels bearing Russian fuel to shift course or change their discharge plans midjourney.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
"If you have already tried it. Stop. See a doctor if you have pain, bleeding, burning, itching, unusual discharge, or fever," it advised.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
They also liaise with families and social services to try to speed up discharge.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 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
The Trailways bus, with its lights still on, pulled off the highway to discharge and pick up a passenger.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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
The most recent statistics from the Office of National Statistics for England and Wales showed the West Midlands force area remained second only to the Met for the total number of discharges.
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 finally discharges Alan after almost a week.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
Five patients were discharged on 3 November, followed by a sixth three days later, before the final patient was cleared on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
Two of the injured have been discharged from the hospital, said Przemyslaw Nowak, a prosecution spokesman.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
On the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Cooper recently talked about the case of two-year-old Finlay Roberts, who died in 2024 after spending hours in a hospital corridor before being discharged.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
“On Saturday, at a gun range, a weapon accidentally discharged while holstered, resulting in a superficial injury to film director Michael Mann,” his representative said in a statement Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
“So he says,” resumed the convict I had recognised,—“it was all said and done in half a minute, behind a pile of timber in the Dock-yard,—‘You’re a-going to be discharged?’
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Hundreds more horses in nearby Toronto were soon shivering, coughing and discharging an unusual mucus through their nostrils.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 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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