[
US
/ˈdɪsˌtʃɑɹdʒ, dɪsˈtʃɑɹdʒ/
]
NOUN
- a formal written statement of relinquishment
- a substance that is emitted or released
- the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- the sudden giving off of energy
- the act of venting
- the act of discharging a gun
- the pouring forth of a fluid
- electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
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any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
the discharge of pus
VERB
- release from military service
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go off or discharge
The gun fired -
complete or carry out
discharge one's duties -
become empty or void of its content
The room emptied -
eliminate (a substance)
combustion products are exhausted in the engine
the plant releases a gas -
remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave
drop off the passengers at the hotel
unload the cargo - free from obligations or duties
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cause to go off
fire a bullet
fire a gun -
pour forth or release
discharge liquids - remove the charge from
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pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
How To Use discharge In A Sentence
- If it is a battery that is shorted, the battery will be discharged very quickly and will heat up due to the high current flow.
- She suffered minor smoke inhalation and was discharged from hospital last night. The Sun
- They’re doing research, Dwayne, on what they call retinal discharge. Underworld
- They shoot up from the tops of thunderstorms about the same moment lightning discharges within the storm cloud.
- Three smoke grenade dischargers are mounted on each side of the turret.
- The members of the jury were discharged from their duties.
- A constant theme in research concerned with the hospital care of older people is the discharge from hospital back to the community.
- Price as tested is $44,600, including $8,525 in options Deep Sea Blue pearlescent paint, eight-speed Audi Tiptronic transmission, high-intensity discharge headlamps, power liftgate and onboard navigation with backup camera and an $875 destination charge. 2011 Audi Q5 2.0 T Quattro
- Upon these, and along the walls, which in most castles were topped by a parapet and a kind of embrasure called crennels, the defenders of the castle were stationed during a siege, and from thence discharged arrows, darts, stones, and every kind of annoyance they could procure, upon their enemies. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2)
- We are increasingly concerned about patients being discharged unsafely from hospital. Times, Sunday Times
