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Noun discharge has 9 senses
- discharge - the sudden giving off of energy
--1 is a kind of happening, occurrence, natural event
--1 has particulars:
- discharge, venting - the act of venting
--2 is a kind of emission, emanation
- discharge, emission - a substance that is emitted or released
--3 is a kind of material, stuff
--3 has particulars:
- discharge, emission, expelling - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus"
--4 is a kind of bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
--4 has particulars:
- discharge, spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge - electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
--5 is a kind of electrical conduction
--5 has particulars:
- discharge, outpouring, run - the pouring forth of a fluid
--6 is a kind of flow, flowing
--6 has particulars:
- dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
--7 is a kind of termination, ending, conclusion
--7 has particulars:
- release, waiver, discharge - a formal written statement of relinquishment
--8 is a kind of relinquishment, relinquishing
--8 has particulars: exemption, immunity, granting immunity
- discharge, firing, firing off - the act of discharging a gun
--9 is a kind of shooting, shot
--9 has particulars: gun
Verb discharge has 11 senses
- dispatch, discharge, complete - complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"
--1 is one way to carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- discharge - pour forth or release; "discharge liquids"
--2 is one way to spread, distribute
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- discharge, expel, eject, release - eliminate (substances) from the body
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- free, discharge - free from obligations or duties
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- discharge - remove the charge from
--5 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Antonyms: charge
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- fire, discharge, go off - go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
--7 is one way to pronounce, label, judge
Sample sentence:
They want to discharge the prisoners
- drop, set down, put down, unload, discharge - leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;
--8 is one way to deliver
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- fire, discharge - cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- discharge, muster out - release from military service
--10 is one way to let go of, let go, release, relinquish
Antonyms: enlist, draft, muster in
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- empty, discharge - become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
--11 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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