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| Dictionary | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z |
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| Shopping | The largest selection of DISCHARGE products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | dihschaa'rjh; dih'schaa.rjh |
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| Rhymes | barge, charge, countercharge, and 8 more rhymes in aarjh... |
| Meaning | The sudden giving off of energy. |
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| Broader | happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event |
| Narrower | electrical discharge; explosion, detonation, blowup; volcanic eruption, eruption |
| Meaning | The act of venting. |
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| Synonyms | venting |
| Broader | emission, emanation |
| Meaning | A substance that is emitted or released. |
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| Synonyms | emission |
| Broader | material, stuff |
| Narrower | exudate, exudation; transudate, transudation; effluvium; rheum; vaginal discharge |
| Meaning | Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body. |
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| Examples | "the discharge of pus" |
| Synonyms | emission, expelling |
| Broader | bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity |
| Narrower | ejaculation; elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding; menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow |
| Verbs | discharge |
| Meaning | Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field. |
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| Synonyms | spark, arc, electric arc, electric discharge |
| Broader | electrical conduction |
| Narrower | brush discharge; corona discharge, corona, corposant, St. Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light, electric glow; flashover |
| Meaning | The pouring forth of a fluid. |
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| Synonyms | outpouring, run |
| Broader | flow, flowing |
| Narrower | jet, squirt, spurt, spirt; escape, leak, leakage, outflow |
| Verbs | discharge |
| Meaning | The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart). |
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| Synonyms | dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking |
| Broader | termination, ending, conclusion |
| Narrower | superannuation; conge; removal; deactivation, inactivation; honorable discharge; dishonorable discharge; Section Eight |
| Verbs | discharge |
| Meaning | A formal written statement of relinquishment. |
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| Synonyms | release, waiver |
| Broader | relinquishment, relinquishing |
| Narrower | exemption, immunity, granting immunity |
| Verbs | discharge |
| Meaning | The act of discharging a gun. |
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| Synonyms | firing, firing off |
| Broader | shooting, shot |
| Narrower | gun |
| Verbs | discharge; discharge; discharge |
| Meaning | Complete or carry out. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "discharge one's duties" |
| Synonyms | dispatch, complete |
| Broader | carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil |
| Meaning | Pour forth or release. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "discharge liquids" |
| Broader | spread, distribute |
| Narrower | squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject; scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse; play; volley |
| Nouns | discharge |
| Meaning | Eliminate (substances) from the body. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | expel, eject, release |
| Narrower | expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out; blow; ejaculate; abort; ovulate; excrete, egest, eliminate, pass; shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage; spew, spew out, eruct; fester, maturate, suppurate; emit, breathe, pass off |
| Nouns | discharge |
| Meaning | Free from obligations or duties. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | free |
| Narrower | divest, disinvest; take over, relieve; cut; clear; cashier; liberate, set free; disinvolve, disembroil, disentangle |
| Nouns | discharge |
| Meaning | Remove the charge from. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Contrary | charge |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw |
| Nouns | discharge |
| Meaning | Go off or discharge. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | fire, go off |
| Caused by | fire, discharge |
| Nouns | discharge |
| Meaning | Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody of something |
| Model | They want to discharge the prisoners |
| Synonyms | acquit, assoil, clear, exonerate, exculpate |
| Contrary | convict |
| Broader | pronounce, label, judge |
| Narrower | vindicate; whitewash; purge |
| Entails | evaluate, pass judgment, judge |
| Meaning | Leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP |
| Synonyms | drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload |
| Broader | deliver |
| Narrower | wharf; air-drop |
| Meaning | Cause to go off. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | fire |
| Cause to | fire, discharge, go off |
| Narrower | pop; loose off, let fly, let drive; shoot; fusillade |
| Entailed by | trigger |
| Nouns | discharge |
| Meaning | Release from military service. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Synonyms | muster out |
| Contrary | enlist, draft, muster in |
| Broader | let go of, let go, release, relinquish |
| Narrower | deactivate; demobilize, demobilise, demob; demobilize, inactivate, demobilise; cannon |
| Nouns | discharge |
| Meaning | Become empty or void of its content. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | empty |
| Contrary | fill, fill up |
| Caused by | empty |
| Broader | change state, turn |
| Narrower | flow away, flow off |
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