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discharge

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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties" [syn: dispatch , complete ] pour forth or release; "discharge liquids" eliminate (substances) from the body [syn: expel , eject , release ] free from obligations or duties [syn: free ] remove the charge ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Discharge are a British hardcore punk band formed in 1977 by Terence "Tezz" Roberts and Royston "Rainy" Wainwright. While the band had substantial line-up changes over its history, the classic line-up from the early 1980s featured bassist Wainwright, drummer ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
electric current \electric current\, electrical current \electrical current\, the movement of electrically charged particles, atoms, or ions, through solids, liquids, gases, or free space; the term is usually used of relatively smooth movements of electric ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context symptom English) (''uncountable'') pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology 2 the act of accomplishing (an obligation); performance 3 the act of expelling or letting go 4 (context electricity ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "relief from misfortune," see discharge (v.). Meaning "release from work or duty" is from early 15c.

Usage examples of discharge.

He was elected Vice-president in 1876, and the duties of that office have rarely been discharged by an abler or more courteous officer.

Why Adams failed to discharge Oliver Wolcott while cleaning house was never adequately explained.

Great numbers of the Alani, appeased by the punctual discharge of the engagements which Aurelian had contracted with them, relinquished their booty and captives, and quietly retreated to their own deserts, beyond the Phasis.

Meanwhile, Castle launched a frontal assault on the water problem by cracking down on industrial pollution, enforcing compliance with laws already on the books to eliminate poisonous industrial discharges into rivers and streams, and successfully lobbying for laws that gave tax credits to factories that installed antipollution and water-recycling equipment.

His brain took a nanosecond to process the backlighted outline of a female figure pointing a discharged gun.

His discharge diagnosis was fever of unknown origin with bacteroides septicemia.

To punish him, I have had him placed for a short time in the Bastile, that he may learn to be more circumspect in the discharge of his duty, and that his example may serve as a warning to others.

These were old markings though, and my attention returned to the fresh wound: I thought I noticed something embedded there, a slight, blackish protrusion under the slick coat of discharging blood.

He had discharged himself without fuss from an Academy for the Sons of Gentlemen in Brno, and from the British public school recommended by his grandmother, the redoubtable Nora Coutts, who lived in a wing of the house drinking Earl Grey tea from Harrods and bullying him about the syntax of the English language.

Individual tribesmen ran up, shouting insults, to within fifty yards of the Buffs and discharged their rifles.

Of course, menstruation before the third or fourth year is extremely rare, most of the cases reported before this age being merely accidental sanguineous discharges from the genitals, not regularly periodical, and not true catamenia.

A run was then made to Charlottetown, Granada, where the collection was discharged, cleaned and packed in hogsheads all ready for the first boat that would call, bound for New York.

In this difficult and well-managed operation the gaps between the British columns were concealed by the lighting of long veld-fires and the discharge of rifles by scattered scouts.

Doc waited a few minutes for the capacitors to fully discharge, just in case the comps had crash protectors, then hit the master switch once more.

The table is covered with the piece of plywood and purple velvet cloth stored in the game closet beside the Crokinole board and discharged pool cues.