verb🔗ShareTo accomplish or complete, as an obligation."He felt relieved after he discharged his duty of watering the plants. "achievementjobworkbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear."After the judge reviewed all the evidence, the defendant was discharged of all charges. "lawbusinessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to."After years of faithful service, the company finally discharged its debt to the retiring CEO with a generous bonus. "businessfinancelaweconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo set aside; to annul; to dismiss."The judge discharged the jury, meaning they were free to go home after the trial. "lawmilitaryjobgovernmentbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb🔗ShareTo let fly, as a missile; to shoot."The soldier discharged his rifle, sending a bullet flying. "militaryweaponactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo release (an accumulated charge)."The lightning rod discharged the electrical energy from the storm cloud into the ground. "physicselectronicsenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss."After the factory closed, many workers were discharged from their jobs. "jobmilitaryservicegovernmentorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo release legally from confinement; to set at liberty."to discharge a prisoner"lawgovernmentpolicemilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling)."The hunter discharged his rifle at the deer. "weaponmilitaryactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument."After proving the initial step, the mathematician discharged the temporary assumption that 'x' was positive, and continued with the main proof applicable to all real numbers. "logicmaththeoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo unload a ship or another means of transport."The dockworkers discharged the cargo containers from the ship this morning. "nauticalvehiclesailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled."to discharge a cargo"actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo give forth; to emit or send out."A pipe discharges water."energyphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo let fly; to give expression to; to utter."He discharged a horrible oath."languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process."to discharge the colour from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark background"chemistryprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo prohibit; to forbid."The teacher discharged students from the classroom early today due to the impending storm. "lawgovernmentpoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
