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pre-charge

pre-charge is the alternative form of precharge.

Meaning of precharge

Adjective

precharge (not comparable)

  1. before a charge
    • The view is we've fought two wars for liberty, and we'll be damned if we're going to give it up now, she said, adding that she personally favors extending precharge detention to 90 days.2007 November 18, Raymond Bonner, “The Tories Find Their Inner Liberal”, in New York Times

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Forms of pre-charge

Noun
pluralpre-charges
Verb
third-person singular presentpre-charges
present participlepre-charging
past participlepre-charged
pastpre-charged

Questions about pre-charge

What is pre-charge the alternative form of?
Pre-charge is the alternative form of precharge.

Words near pre-charge in the dictionary

  1. Pre-Cana
  2. Pre-Canas
  3. pre-cancel
  4. pre-cancerous
  5. Pre-Cenozoic
  6. pre-charge
  7. pre-charged
  8. pre-charges
  9. pre-charging
  10. pre-chorus
  11. pre-choruses

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