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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Damac has told the city that it won’t discharge into the wastewater or groundwater, the city spokeswoman said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Pope Leo XIV will leave the Rome hospital Saturday where he has been recovering from lung cancer surgery after doctors deemed him "fit for discharge", the Vatican said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 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
Patients with LEP are more likely to make an unplanned return to the hospital after an ER discharge, a 2024 University of California, San Francisco review published in BMJ Quality & Safety found.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
I sat on a bench and waited, wondering if the discharge guard would discover my journal and read enough of it to send a search team to come and get me.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
As the battery repeatedly charges and discharges, lithium does not always spread evenly across the copper surface.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
The charity Surfers Against Sewage, which has analysed data from Wales' water companies, said there were more than 100,000 sewage discharges in 2025 - or one every five minutes.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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
Along with friction and chemical reactions, tiny electrical discharges from charged droplets may also play a role in how coatings break down over time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 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
The court also heard Ali had been discharged from mental health services on 12 February - just six days before the killings.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been heavily criticised after another Covid inquiry over "untested patients being discharged into care homes where tens of thousands of residents died", the Daily Mirror reports.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
A £3.6bn proposal to stop sewage being discharged into Windermere, England's largest lake, has been unveiled.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The 287-page report also highlighted shortages of personal protective equipment for carers and criticised the way hospital patients were discharged into care homes.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
He was soon after discharged from the police department.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
The disruption was due to delays in distribution after a tanker had trouble discharging its cargo, Simon Aloysius Mantiri, president director of state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina, said Tuesday along with an apology.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Diablo Canyon uses 2.5 billion gallons of ocean water for cooling each day, discharging hot water directly into the nearby cove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
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
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
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