- present participle of discharge.
discharging
Example Sentences
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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
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
But he was then mistakenly prescribed some to take home by the discharging doctor who believed he had been taking it before being admitted.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
It is true one or two errors have been noticeable recently in the discharging of his duties, but these are in every case very trivial in nature.'
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
