Discharge | Mean of discharge in English Dictionary

/dɪsˈtʃɑɚʤ/

• Verb
• to allow (someone) to leave a hospital, prison, etc.
1. She's due to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
2. Discharge the prisoners.
• to take away the job of (someone)
1. The company illegally discharged [=fired] several union organizers.
2. We had to discharge several employees last week.
• to end the service of (someone) in a formal or official way
1. Thousands of soldiers were discharged after the war.
2. The judge discharged the jury.

• to shoot or fire (a weapon)
1. The ship discharged missiles against enemy targets.
2. discharging a firearm
3. The gun failed to discharge.
• to allow (someone) to get out of a vehicle
1. The bus had stopped to discharge [=let off] passengers.
• to send out (a liquid, gas, or waste material)
1. Smokestacks from the factory discharge [=emit] chemicals into the air.
2. discharging pollution into a lake
3. The wound began to discharge pus.
4. a river that discharges [=flows] into the ocean
• to send out (electricity)
1. discharge electricity from a battery
2. allowing the electricity to discharge safely
• to do what is required by (something)
1. He vowed to faithfully discharge [=fulfill] the duties/responsibilities of his office.
2. discharging an obligation
• to pay (a debt)
1. They have failed to discharge their debts.
• Noun
• the release of someone from a hospital, prison, etc.
1. The doctors approved her discharge from the hospital.
2. early hospital discharges
• the act of firing or dismissing someone from a job
1. Several former employees are suing the company for wrongful discharge.
2. a discharge from employment
• the act of ending a person's service to the military
1. After his discharge from the military, he went to college to become a teacher.
2. He was court-martialed for improper conduct and left the navy with a dishonorable discharge.
3. He went to college after receiving an honorable discharge from the army.
• the act of firing a weapon
1. The damage was caused by accidental discharge of a hunting rifle.
2. a rapid discharge from a gun
• a liquid or gas that flows out of something
1. a clear discharge from the nose and eyes
2. nasal discharges
• the movement of a liquid or gas from something
1. The factory was charged with the illegal discharge of pollution into a stream.
2. the discharge of pus from a wound
• a flow of electricity
1. an electrical discharge
• the act of doing what is required or of paying a debt
1. the discharge of debts/obligations
2. a discharge of debt