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discharging

/dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒɪŋ/ /dɪsˈtʃɑːrdʒɪŋɡ/

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verb

To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.

Examples :

"The student was discharging her responsibility to finish the project on time. "

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To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.

Examples :

"The judge is discharging the defendant because the evidence was insufficient. "

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To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.

Examples :

"After working overtime all week, Sarah was finally able to earn enough money to be discharging her credit card bill completely. "

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To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.

Examples :

"The judge discharged the student from the disciplinary hearing. "

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To expel or let go.

Examples :

"The doctor discharged the patient from the hospital. "

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To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.

Examples :

"The soldier was discharging his rifle at the target. "

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To release (an accumulated charge).

Examples :

"The lightning rod was discharging the electricity from the storm cloud safely into the ground. "

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To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.

Examples :

"The company is discharging employees due to the economic downturn. "

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To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.

Examples :

"to discharge a prisoner"

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To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).

Examples :

"The police officer was seen discharging his firearm during the training exercise at the shooting range. "

weapon military action

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To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.

Examples :

"After discharging the temporary assumption that everyone was feeling unwell, the committee proceeded with the main agenda of planning the school fair. "

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To unload a ship or another means of transport.

Examples :

"The cargo ship is currently discharging its containers at the port. "

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To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.

Examples :

"to discharge a cargo"

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To give forth; to emit or send out.

Examples :

"A pipe discharges water."

energy physics action function

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To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.

Examples :

"He discharged a horrible oath."

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To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.

Examples :

"to discharge the colour from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark background"

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verb

To prohibit; to forbid.

Examples :

"The sign clearly stated, "Discharging firearms is prohibited within city limits." "

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noun

The act or process by which something is discharged.

Examples :

"The discharging of the factory's wastewater into the river is carefully monitored. "