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ALL meanings of discharged

dis·charge
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  • verb without object discharged to get rid of a burden or load. 1
  • verb without object discharged to deliver a charge or load. 1
  • verb without object discharged to pour forth. 1
  • verb without object discharged to go off or fire, as a firearm or missile. 1
  • verb without object discharged to blur or run, as a color or dye. 1
  • verb without object discharged Electricity. to lose or give up a charge of electricity. 1
  • noun discharged the act of discharging a ship, load, etc. 1
  • noun discharged the act of firing a weapon, as an arrow by drawing and releasing the string of the bow, or a gun by exploding the charge of powder. 1
  • noun discharged a sending or coming forth, as of water from a pipe; ejection; emission. 1
  • noun discharged the rate or amount of such issue. 1
  • noun discharged something sent forth or emitted. 1
  • noun discharged a relieving, ridding, or getting rid of something of the nature of a charge. 1
  • noun discharged Law. an acquittal or exoneration. an annulment, as of a court order. the freeing of one held under legal process. 1
  • noun discharged a relieving or being relieved of obligation or liability; fulfillment of an obligation. 1
  • noun discharged the payment of a debt. 1
  • noun discharged a release or dismissal, as from prison, an office, or employment. 1
  • noun discharged a certificate of such a release or a certificate of release from obligation or liability. 1
  • noun discharged the act or process of ordering a legislative committee to cease further consideration of a bill so that it can be voted on. 1
  • noun discharged Military. the separation of a person from military service. a certificate of such separation. 1
  • noun discharged Electricity. the removal or transference of an electric charge, as by the conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy. the equalization of a difference of potential, as between two terminals. 1
  • noun discharged Simple past tense and past participle of discharge. 1
  • verb with object discharged to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship. 1
  • verb with object discharged to remove or send forth: They discharged the cargo at New York. 1
  • verb with object discharged to fire or shoot (a firearm or missile): to discharge a gun. 1
  • verb with object discharged to pour forth; emit: to discharge oil; to discharge a stream of invective. 1
  • verb with object discharged to relieve oneself of (an obligation, burden, etc.). 1
  • verb with object discharged to relieve of obligation, responsibility, etc. 1
  • verb with object discharged to fulfill, perform, or execute (a duty, function, etc.). 1
  • verb with object discharged to relieve or deprive of office, employment, etc.; dismiss from service. 1
  • verb with object discharged to release, send away, or allow to go (often followed by from): The children were discharged early from school. They discharged him from prison. 1
  • verb with object discharged to pay (a debt). 1
  • verb with object discharged Law. to release (a defendant, especially one under confinement). to release (a bankrupt) from former debts. to cancel (a contract). to release (bail). 1
  • verb with object discharged (in a legislative body) to order (a committee) to cease further consideration of a bill so that it can be voted on. 1
  • verb with object discharged Electricity. to rid (a battery, capacitor, etc.) of a charge of electricity. 1
  • verb with object discharged Dyeing. to free from a dye, as by chemical bleaching. 1
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