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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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
Inspired by his experiences, Mundo recently presented a study of A.I.-translated patient discharge instructions.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
After my discharge from military service in 1962, I spent three years working for multinational institutions—the European Economic, Atomic Energy, and Coal and Steel communities—which in time would become the European Union.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“He thinks he’ll get a dishonorable discharge, and just because he was burnt out, his 13-year-old career is ruined, just like that,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
He walked about the fairgrounds rubbing his palms to husband that energy and refused to shake hands with anyone lest the act discharge his potency.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
By last year, the number of discharges had dropped to 69 and in the first seven months of 2026, there had only been 30, according to figures from West Midlands Police.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Chambers said: "We've had a good level of success over the last 12-months. We've had the most recoveries and biggest reduction in discharges we've seen in recent years."
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 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
Pope Leo XIV will be discharged from Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Saturday afternoon, just four days after an operation to remove a cancerous growth from his lung.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
He was discharged with a complex postsurgery medication regimen to keep his immune system in check and prevent infection, one that had to be followed perfectly.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
He could not have been discharged from an Ohio psychiatric facility on Saturday because he was visibly back in Texas.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
The convicted murderer who survived a botched execution attempt in the US state of Tennessee last week has been discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers said Saturday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
Scruggs was discharged the same day he deplaned from Vietnam in Oakland, California.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
NRW said the pollution was discharging from an underground surface water drainage system, but the amount of fuel had reduced significantly.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
A charge cycle represents one complete use of a battery, from charging to discharging and back again.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 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
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
One day thirty ships arrived, thirteen of them from the West Indies, but no one was available to stop them from docking or discharging passengers.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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