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How to use discharge in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Discharge means to accomplish or complete, as an obligation. Example: “A pipe discharges water.”

Examples of discharge by meaning

verbTo release (an accumulated charge).

  • It can then discharge quickly into the train's batteries through charging rails and then start recharging itself while the train is running in service.2024 March 6, “Network News: GWR '230' sets UK battery record”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 13

verbTo release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.

  • to discharge a prisoner

verbTo operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).

  • I ran forward, discharging my pistol into the creature's body in an effort to force it to relinquish its prey; but I might as profitably have shot at the sun.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp....

verbTo put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.

  • to discharge a cargo

verbTo give forth; to emit or send out.

  • A pipe discharges water.

verbTo let fly; to give expression to; to utter.

  • He discharged a horrible oath.

verbTo bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.

  • to discharge the colour from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark background

nounThe act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.

  • care transition after discharge

More sentences with discharge

  • You should short the poles of the capacitor to discharge it before you work on it.From the entry short
  • My uncle is always happy to discharge his tutelary responsibilities towards me.From the entry tutelary
  • An out-of-battery discharge can produce a catastrophic failure of the weapon.From the entry out-of-battery
  • After his injury, he was declared noneffective and given a medical discharge.From the entry noneffective
  • I was discharged from the hospital with a turbanlike dressing around my head.From the entry turbanlike
  • The term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt.From the entry term
  • She was dishonorably discharged from all military duties.From the entry military
  • The bishop discharged his hierarchal duties by arbitrating the dispute.From the entry hierarchal
  • At the end of the observation period, those who are still symptomatic require second-line treatment, whereas the asymptomatic are discharged.From the entry asymptomatic
  • A factory discharged waste into the river, but officials insisted it posed no danger. There was a sentiment of "nothing to see here".From the entry nothing to see here
  • If your patient does require transport to ED, it is worth considering their discharge planning early.2021, Richard Pilbery, Paramedic Case Studies: 35 Prehospital Emergencies Explored and Explained, Class Publishing, page 378. From the entry pyjama paralysis
  • I've been in construction since I was dishonorably discharged by those toolboxes in the Royal Guard.2019 October 29, Brawny Buck, “A Buck to the Face: A Royal Problem”, in YouTube, spoken by Buck Wild. From the entry toolbox
  • A sand boil that discharges clear water in a steady flow normally does not endanger the embankment.2015, Sheng-Hong Chen, “Operation and Maintenance of Hydraulic Structures”, in Hydraulic Structures, Heidelberg: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN…. From the entry sand boil
  • Nematocyst discharge is another example of the Rubicon principle – it either fires or it does not.2014, Anthony K. Campbell, Intracellular Calcium, page 350. From the entry nematocyst
  • The first two admissions we managed to control her and discharge her home with her mum.2012, Emily Forbes, Georgie's Big Greek Wedding?, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry sat
  • This sleep disruption may, in part, be related to the interictal discharge.2012, Daniel C. Potts, James D. Geyer, Paul R. Carney, “Chapter 30: Sleep Disorders and Degenerative Neurologic Disorders”, in Paul R.…. From the entry interictal
  • The interictal discharge is the electrical signature typically associated with epilepsy between seizures.2012, Daniel C. Potts, James D. Geyer, Paul R. Carney, “Chapter 30: Sleep Disorders and Degenerative Neurologic Disorders”, in Paul R.…. From the entry interictal
  • This giant facility discharged into a tank which was washed clean by the waters of the moat.2011, Lucy Worsley, “The Whole World is a Toilet”, in If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home, London: Faber and Faber…. From the entry easement
  • Plasmatic discharge comes from gasses leaving our bodies as opposed to the energy bands.2010, Rev. Kenneth D Klaman, Following the Light: A Guide in Practical Theology, page 91. From the entry plasmatic
  • Patients with dysentery have mucosanguineous evacuations, with moderate colic pain preceding discharge, and rectal tenesmus.2009, Jean-Claude Givel, Neil James Mortensen, Bruno Roche, eds., Anorectal and Colonic Diseases: A Practical Guide to Their Management…. From the entry mucosanguineous
  • If the charge is allowed to build, the core will discharge into the hull of a ship.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: FTL Drive: Drive Charge Codex entry. From the entry ungrounded
  • Some of the basidiomycetes forcibly discharge their spores from the basidia, which remain after spore discharge.2008, Donald M. Huffman, Lois H. Tiffany, George Knaphaus, Rosanne A. Healy, Mushrooms and Other Fungi of the Midcontinental United…. From the entry basidiomycete
  • A tumultuous waterway, the Yangtze ranks second after the Amazon in terms of discharge.2007, Laurie Burnham, Rivers, Chelsea House, →ISBN, page 43. From the entry tumultuous
  • In all my life I had never seen a woman discharge like that.2001, Peter [Maxwell] Cryle, “Producing the Voice in Erotic Narrative”, in Brian Nelson, Anne Freadman, Philip Anderson, editors, Telling…. From the entry ejaculation
  • "The roots of Kirlian photography are in observations of patterns produced in resin dust by high-voltage discharges."2000, Newton C. Braga, Electronic Projects from the Next Dimension: Paranormal Experiments for Hobbyists, →ISBN, page 128. From the entry Kirlian
  • He was forced to take a medical discharge, which he — hm! — did not handle well.1999, Lois McMaster Bujold, Komarr, Baen Books, →ISBN. From the entry cryo-freeze
  • Electric discharges are arrested via the ground contact so that the airbag cannot misinflate.1994, Annual Connectors and Interconnection Technology Symposium Proceedings, volume 27, page 43. From the entry misinflate
  • All lawsuits are conducted and discharged in German, and all letters are written in German.1990, Journal of the Society for Slovene Studies. From the entry Gottscheerish
  • The hyoid bone in her throat flutters as if discharging some subvocal rosary.1969, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition. From the entry hyoid
  • But what if I don't have time to discharge you tomorrow.1967, Nicholas Bethell, David F. Burg, Cancer Ward, translation of original by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, page 469. From the entry epicrisis
  • To determine the discharge, establish in the approach channel pseudochannel boundaries which divide the flow between openings.1967, Howard F. Matthai, “Meaurement of Peak Discharge at Width Contractions by Indirect Methods”, in Techniques of Water-resources…. From the entry pseudochannel
  • For agariclike basidiocarps not discharging spores from the sterigmata, see the secotioid Gasteromycetes.1965, C. G. Ainsworth, Frederick K[roeber] Sparrow, Alfred S. Sussman, editors, The Fungi: An Advanced Treatise, volume IVB (A Taxonomic…. From the entry basidiocarp

Meaning of discharge

  1. verb To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
  2. verb To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
  3. verb To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.

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Questions about discharge in a sentence

How do you use discharge in a sentence?
Discharge is used as a verb and noun. For example: “A pipe discharges water.”
What is a short sentence with discharge?
“A pipe discharges water.”
What does discharge mean?
Discharge means to accomplish or complete, as an obligation.

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