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Discharge   /dɪstʃˈɑrdʒ/  /dˈɪstʃˌɑrdʒ/   Listen
Discharge

noun
1.
The sudden giving off of energy.
2.
The act of venting.  Synonym: venting.
3.
A substance that is emitted or released.  Synonym: emission.
4.
Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.  Synonyms: emission, expelling.
5.
Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field.  Synonyms: arc, electric arc, electric discharge, spark.
6.
The pouring forth of a fluid.  Synonyms: outpouring, run.
7.
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).  Synonyms: dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking.
8.
A formal written statement of relinquishment.  Synonyms: release, waiver.
9.
The act of discharging a gun.  Synonyms: firing, firing off.
verb
(past & past part. discharged; pres. part. discharging)
1.
Complete or carry out.  Synonyms: complete, dispatch.
2.
Pour forth or release.
3.
Free from obligations or duties.  Synonym: free.
4.
Remove the charge from.  Antonym: charge.
5.
Go off or discharge.  Synonyms: fire, go off.
6.
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges.  Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, exculpate, exonerate.  Antonym: convict.
7.
Eliminate (a substance).  Synonyms: eject, exhaust, expel, release.  "The plant releases a gas"
8.
Leave or unload.  Synonyms: drop, drop off, put down, set down, unload.  "Drop off the passengers at the hotel"
9.
Cause to go off.  Synonym: fire.  "Fire a bullet"
10.
Release from military service.  Synonym: muster out.  Antonym: enlist.
11.
Become empty or void of its content.  Synonym: empty.  Antonym: fill.



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"Discharge" Quotes from Famous Books



... gave the word for one more furious avalanche of rock to be pelted down, and whilst the few living were crawling out from those killed by the discharge, and whilst the next band of reinforcements came scrambling up over the bodies, I sent my nine remaining men away at a run up the steep stairway of the path, and then followed them myself. Each of the gates in ...
— The Lost Continent • C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

... devolves on me, under a provision of the Constitution, to present to you, as the Federal Legislature of 24 sovereign States and 12,000,000 happy people, a view of our affairs, and to propose such measures as in the discharge of my official functions have suggested themselves as necessary to promote the objects ...
— State of the Union Addresses of Andrew Jackson • Andrew Jackson

... among the echoes, that sounded like the noises which follow the uproar of a falling tree," said Ruth, thoughtfully. "I remember to have asked if it might not be that some fierce beast had caused a general discharge of the musketry, but my father was of opinion that death ...
— The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish • James Fenimore Cooper

... it," cried the cook. "That was it, Dan; the very place. Fancy you knowin' it. Well, we got to go down there and get in across a sort of bar what's there an' discharge into lighters. Seems it's a bit out o' the way o' shippin'. The skipper said that the charterers seemed to think the old boat ...
— Those Who Smiled - And Eleven Other Stories • Perceval Gibbon

... the change. With all speed I hired a barge, and that night at six o'clock I went to Gravesend, and from thence by coach to Dover, where, upon my arrival, the searchers came and demanded my pass, which they were to keep for their discharge. When they had read it, they said, 'Madam, you may go when you please;' but says one, 'I little thought they would give a pass to so great a malignant, especially in so troublesome ...
— Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe • Lady Fanshawe


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