discharge

When it later strikes a protective coating, that charge can suddenly discharge at the point of impact, potentially damaging the material.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

But when water from intense rain, melting ice or a sudden discharge mixes with huge quantities of sediment, the result can become a thick, high-energy slurry capable of destroying almost everything in its path.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Or it could be treated to a lesser level, to meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s standards for discharge to the ocean.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

If they decline, the current service members who sued will remain protected from discharge while their challenge proceeds.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Beneath it was the pink discharge slip from the clinic.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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

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

Sewage discharges, runoff of fertilisers and manures from farms and wastewater from industry can all increase nutrient levels in rivers and estuaries.

From BBC ● May 2, 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

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

Over the last two years one in 10 patients who attended A&E spent more than 12 hours waiting to be treated or discharged.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Each ship requires about 200 million liters of water, which is then discharged into the sea.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

After vitals was breakfast, where the guy who was afraid of gravity and Rolling Pin Robert were gone—Humble told me and Noelle that they got discharged.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

A charge cycle represents one complete use of a battery, from charging to discharging and back again.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

The judge, Lord Colbeck, thanked the jury for their service before discharging them.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 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

Regarding the one count of discharging a firearm, Allen’s attorneys wrote that the government “has not asserted that Mr. Allen ever fired any of the recovered weapons.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

As the day passed, cars and buses kept stopping alongside the moving procession, discharging new marchers who had flocked to Montgomery to walk the last few miles to the capitol.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman