discharge
dis chorj
- n the sudden giving off of energy
- n the act of venting
- n a substance that is emitted or released
- n any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body
the discharge of pus - n electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
- n the pouring forth of a fluid
- n the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
- n a formal written statement of relinquishment
- n the act of discharging a gun
- v complete or carry out
discharge one's duties - v pour forth or release
discharge liquids - v free from obligations or duties
- v remove the charge from
- v go off or discharge
- v pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- v eliminate (a substance)
- v leave or unload
- v cause to go off
- v release from military service
- v become empty or void of its content
- An honorable discharge was out of the question; there would be practically a mutiny in the senior officer corps if she allowed such blatant favoritism for an officer charged with .
- McCarthy: If this man, after the order to discharge Peress came up .
- A third force arrived in boats piloted by local lobster-menwho fear that the discharge from the plant would cut their catchesand waded ashore.