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discharge

[dis-chahrj, dis-chahrj, dis-chahrj] / dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ, ˈdɪs tʃɑrdʒ, dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ /


NOUN
detonation, especially of a weapon
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WEAK


NOUN
act or instance of unloading
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STRONGEST
STRONG
disburdening emptying unburdening unlading
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NOUN
full payment of debt
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VERB
detonate a weapon
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VERB
fully pay or settle debt
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WEAK


VERB
dismiss a legal or legislative process
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This created a form of plasma called a glow discharge.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

He served as a photographer in Germany during the Korean War and joined his father at Disney following his 1952 discharge from the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

But the doctors haven't given him a discharge date.

From Barron's Jul. 5, 2026

The prosecution had told this trial that there were blood stains on the trousers, blood on the jacket and an anorak that had discharge residue.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

For a minute I thought the walls had begun to discharge the moisture that must saturate them, but then I saw the noise came from a small fountain in one corner of the room.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

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

Water quality at coastal locations is generally much better than inland, with rivers frequently polluted by sewage discharges and agricultural run-off.

From BBC May 15, 2026

Now the department is ending the most-generous repayment plan and has extinguished hopes for sweeping discharges of debt.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

The follow-up River Wye Action Plan in 2024 blamed excessive nutrients from farming and wastewater discharges as well as climate change for increasing the water temperature and reducing the water flow in hot dry summers.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2026

The doctor finally discharges Alan after almost a week.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

The teenager spent around two days in hospital before being discharged to go home, where he died, according to officials.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

A public inquiry, which finished hearing evidence in May, was told he had been discharged in 2022 because he failed to turn up for appointments and the team had "lost" him.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Four servicemembers were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals and have since been discharged, according to Centcom.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

It requires monthly payments of at least $10 and 30 years of payments before balances can be discharged, unless borrowers are in public service.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

After being honorably discharged seven years ago, Uncle Jet lived out of his duffel bag in California, Nevada, and even Colorado.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

And unlike Michael Drejka, she brandished her gun without discharging it.

From Slate Jun. 4, 2026

It unloaded some of its cargo last month and appeared to be discharging the rest at a berth in Long Beach on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

He heard a switch engine in the Southern Pacific yards discharging steam in shrill dry spurts.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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