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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"When such charged droplets strike a coating, they discharge locally and can puncture the layer in specific spots like a small flash of lightning -- with consequences for the coating's durability."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
It is illegal to discharge a pellet or BB gun outside an authorized target range in the city of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The amendment provides a process for the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet to declare a president unable to discharge the duties of the office.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
This would involve the NHS rather than councils having control, in a bid to reduce delayed discharge.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
“They were going to give me,” he was almost laughing, everywhere but in his eyes which continued to oppose all he said, “they were going to give me a discharge, a Section Eight discharge.”
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
The number and rate of layoffs and discharges were little changed at 1.7 million and 1%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 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 finally discharges Alan after almost a week.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
A jury has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict in the trial of a man accused of plotting to disrupt Boris Johnson's wedding reception.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
As a result of the harassment, the employee says in her complaint, she suffered suffered depression “and was required to seek ongoing psychiatric care” before being discharged in April 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
In 1971, he moved to Minamata, Japan, a coastal city where methylmercury discharged by a chemical company was polluting the water and causing horrendous genetic damage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Each ship requires about 200 million liters of water, which is then discharged into the sea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
After multiple psychiatric evaluations and treatments, Joe was discharged for an inability to adjust emotionally to military life.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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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