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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"Today with the discharge of the last patient we can confirm and tell the world that seven patients have recovered - and all contacts have completed their follow-up monitoring," Aden Duale said.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
“There’s no more oil to discharge to China anymore,” said Homayoun Falakshahi, head of crude-oil analysis at Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 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
No date has been given for Pope Leo's hospital discharge, but recovery was expected to take around a week.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
I went down to the discharge closet and picked out some clothes.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
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
He previously called the quality of bathing water "a disgrace", adding that issues with sewage discharges were "a very dangerous thing".
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 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
The doctor finally discharges Alan after almost a week.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
He suffered minor injuries to his foot and has since been discharged from hospital.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Two of the injured have been discharged from the hospital, said Przemyslaw Nowak, a prosecution spokesman.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Short but athletic, he spent a few months in officer training during World War I, then caught the Spanish flu and was promptly discharged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Danielle Brown, 31, from North Tyneside, had already been wrongly discharged despite having the life-threatening condition pre-eclampsia and had returned because she was still unwell.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Stored electrical energy is discharged by sparking, a common bug in new accelerators that was customarily eliminated by polishing down any interior imperfections attracting the discharge.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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
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
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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