discharge
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
discharges;discharged;discharging
discharges;discharged;discharging
Britannica Dictionary definition of DISCHARGE
1
[+ object]:to allow (someone) to leave a hospital, prison, etc.
- She's due to bedischarged from the hospital on Wednesday.
- Discharge the prisoners.
2
[+ object]
a :to take away the job of (someone):to end the employment of (someone)
- The company illegallydischarged [=fired] several union organizers.
- We had todischarge several employees last week.
b :to end the service of (someone) in a formal or official way:to release (someone) from duty
- Thousands of soldiers weredischarged after the war.
- The judgedischarged the jury.
3
:to shoot or fire (a weapon)
[+ object]
- The shipdischarged missiles against enemy targets.
- discharging a firearm
[no object]
- The gun failed todischarge.
4
[+ object]:to allow (someone) to get out of a vehicle
- The bus had stopped todischarge [=let off] passengers.
5
a :to send out (a liquid, gas, or waste material)
[+ object]
- Smokestacks from the factorydischarge [=emit] chemicals into the air.
- discharging pollution into a lake
- The wound began todischarge pus.
[no object]
- a river thatdischarges [=flows] into the ocean
b :to send out (electricity)
[+ object]
- discharge electricity from a battery
[no object]
- allowing the electricity todischarge safely
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[+ object]formal
a :to do what is required by (something)
- He vowed to faithfullydischarge [=fulfill] the duties/responsibilities of his office.
- discharging an obligation
b :to pay (a debt)
- They have failed todischarge their debts.
pluraldischarges
pluraldischarges
Britannica Dictionary definition of DISCHARGE
1
:the release of someone from a hospital, prison, etc.
[noncount]
- The doctors approved herdischarge from the hospital.
[count]
- early hospitaldischarges
2
a :the act of firing or dismissing someone from a job
[noncount]
- Several former employees are suing the company for wrongfuldischarge.
[count]
- adischarge from employment
b [count]:the act of ending a person's service to the military
- After hisdischarge from the military, he went to college to become a teacher.
◊ Adishonorable discharge is given to a soldier who has done something wrong and is forced to leave the military.
- He was court-martialed for improper conduct and left the navy with adishonorable discharge.
◊ Anhonorable discharge is given to a soldier who has not done anything wrong and is not being forced to leave.
- He went to college after receiving anhonorable discharge from the army.
3
:the act of firing a weapon
[noncount]
- The damage was caused by accidentaldischarge of a hunting rifle.
[count]
- a rapiddischarge from a gun
4
a [count]:a liquid or gas that flows out of something
- a cleardischarge from the nose and eyes
- nasaldischarges
b [noncount]:the movement of a liquid or gas from something
- The factory was charged with the illegaldischarge of pollution into a stream.
- thedischarge of pus from a wound
5
[count]:a flow of electricity
- an electricaldischarge
6
formal:the act of doing what is required or of paying a debt
[noncount]
- thedischarge of debts/obligations
[count]
- adischarge of debt
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