English to English noun
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the sudden giving off of energy | | source: wordnet30
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the act of venting | | source: wordnet30
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a substance that is emitted or released | | source: wordnet30
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any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body | | Example: the discharge of pus
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electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field | | source: wordnet30
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the pouring forth of a fluid | | source: wordnet30
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the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | | source: wordnet30
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a formal written statement of relinquishment | | source: wordnet30
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the act of discharging a gun | | source: wordnet30
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The act of discharging; the act of relieving of a charge or load; removal of a load or burden; unloading; as, the discharge of a ship; discharge of a cargo. | | source: webster1913
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The equalization of a difference of electric potential between two points. The character of the discharge is mostly determined by the nature of the medium through which it takes place, the amount of the difference of potential, and the form of the terminal conductors on which the difference exists. The discharge may be alternating, continuous, brush, connective, disruptive, glow, oscillatory, stratified, etc. | | source: webster1913 verb
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complete or carry out | | Example: discharge one's duties
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pour forth or release | | Example: discharge liquids
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free from obligations or duties | | source: wordnet30
15 |
remove the charge from | | source: wordnet30
16 |
go off or discharge | | Example: The gun fired
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pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | | Example: The suspect was cleared of the murder charges
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eliminate (a substance) | | Example: combustion products are exhausted in the engine the plant releases a gas
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leave or unload | | Example: unload the cargo drop off the passengers at the hotel
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20 |
cause to go off | | Example: fire a gun fire a bullet
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release from military service | | source: wordnet30
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become empty or void of its content | | Example: The room emptied
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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel. | | source: webster1913
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To throw off or deliver a load, charge, or burden; to unload; to emit or give vent to fluid or other contents; as, the water pipe discharges freely. | | source: webster1913
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To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process; as, to discharge the color from a dyed fabric in order to form light figures on a dark ground. | | source: webster1913
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