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DISCHARGE

Definition:

1. [noun] the sudden giving off of energy
   
   
2. [noun] the act of venting
   Synonyms: venting
   
   
3. [noun] a substance that is emitted or released
   Synonyms: emission
   
   
4. [noun] any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus"
   Synonyms: emission, expelling
   
   
5. [noun] electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field
   Synonyms: spark, arc, electric arc, electric
   
   
6. [noun] the pouring forth of a fluid
   Synonyms: outpouring, run
   
   
7. [noun] the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
   Synonyms: dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking
   
   
8. [noun] a formal written statement of relinquishment
   Synonyms: release, waiver
   
   
9. [noun] the act of discharging a gun
   Synonyms: firing, firing off
   
   
10. [verb] complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"
    Synonyms: dispatch, complete
    
    
11. [verb] pour forth or release; "discharge liquids"
    
    
12. [verb] eliminate (substances) from the body
    Synonyms: expel, eject, release
    
    
13. [verb] free from obligations or duties
    Synonyms: free
    
    
14. [verb] remove the charge from
    
    
15. [verb] go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
    Synonyms: fire, go off
    
    
16. [verb] pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
    Synonyms: acquit, assoil, clear, exonerate, exculpate
    
    
17. [verb] leave or unload, especially of passengers or cargo;
    Synonyms: drop, set down, put down, unload
    
    
18. [verb] cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
    Synonyms: fire
    
    
19. [verb] release from military service
    Synonyms: muster out
    
    
20. [verb] become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"
    Synonyms: empty
    
    

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Related Words:

• squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject
• scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse
• play
• volley
• 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
• divest, disinvest
• take over, relieve
• cut
• clear
• cashier
• liberate, set free
• disinvolve, disembroil, disentangle
• vindicate
• whitewash
• purge
• wharf
• air-drop
• pop
• loose off, let fly, let drive
• shoot
• fusillade
• deactivate
• demobilize, demobilise, demob
• demobilize, inactivate, demobilise
• cannon
• flow away, flow off
• electrical discharge
• explosion, detonation, blowup
• volcanic eruption, eruption
• exudate, exudation
• transudate, transudation
• effluvium
• rheum
• vaginal discharge
• ejaculation
• elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding
• menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flow
• 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
• jet, squirt, spurt, spirt
• escape, leak, leakage, outflow
• superannuation
• conge
• removal
• deactivation, inactivation
• dishonorable discharge
• Section Eight
• exemption, immunity, granting immunity
• gun

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