How to Use discharge in a Sentence

discharge

1 of 2 verb
Definition of dischargenext
Synonyms for dischargenext
  • The gun failed to discharge.
  • The judge discharged the jury.
  • Thousands of soldiers were discharged after the war.
  • She's due to be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday.
  • The ship discharged missiles against enemy targets.
  • We had to discharge several employees last week.
  • She was discharged from the Navy on Armistice Day, Nov. 11.
    — cleveland, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But some pieces of the shattered brain would become lodged in the nasal canals and have to be discharged.
    — Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The next day, Austin was discharged and went home, Ryder said.
    — Selina Wang, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • After he was discharged, Mr. Pride was hired as a sports reporter at The Tribune.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 12 May 2023
  • Tate attained the rank of private first class before he was discharged.
    — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Doctors say most of the babies are nearly healthy enough to be discharged from the hospital.
    — Heba Farouk Mahfouz, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • When the war ended in 1865, he was honorably discharged.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 25 Oct. 2023
  • However, when grabbed, the snakes will discharge a secretion from their anal gland, and some might strike.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • There is currently no timetable for when the 89-year-old actor will be discharged from the hospital.
    — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Despite that scare, she and her newborn were discharged 48 hours later.
    — Jess Sims, SELF, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Hunters can not discharge guns within the city limits, according to the city code of ordinances.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The buildup eventually discharges with a spark that jumps the gap between two terminals, and the process begins again.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 May 2023
  • Police said the child somehow got her grandmother’s gun, which discharged inside the store.
    — Warren Kulo | [email protected], al, 2 Aug. 2023
  • At one point the injuries were severe enough that Ortega was discharged with a walker.
    — Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • An earlier episode of displeasure led her to discharge enough ink to turn her tank water so black that she couldn’t be seen.
    — Sonia Shah, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Advertisement Wearing a sling, Hansen was discharged around 1:30 a.m. on July 3, and her son drove her to his house.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 17 July 2023
  • The soldier, who was a reservist and has since been discharged, said the device had been made in a factory and had a serial number on it.
    — Gal Koplewitz, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Becky told Dateline that Haleigh was in the Army for about three years before she was medically discharged due to hip problems.
    — Anna Turning, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • So even after the babies were discharged, Mullen continued to visit them and shower them with gifts.
    — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The red flags were up again most of last week, as a steady stream of water that looked innocent enough, but contained all manner of grossness, discharged onto the sand.
    — Yvonne Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • Alternatively, the fan on the back picks it up and throws it against the hot coil, where it’s converted back to moisture vapor and discharged outside with the hot air.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
  • At the King George, doctors cannot discharge patients quickly enough because there is nowhere to send them for longer-term therapy.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 16 July 2023
  • Swanson said the suspect is being monitored while in the hospital and once discharged will be transferred to the county jail.
    — Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Hutchins, the cinematographer, was standing two to three feet away when Baldwin’s gun discharged, firing the lead bullet that fatally struck her in the chest.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
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discharge

2 of 2 noun
  • The doctors approved her discharge from the hospital.
  • After his discharge from the military, he went to college to become a teacher.
  • The damage was caused by accidental discharge of a hunting rifle.
  • Several former employees are suing the company for wrongful discharge.
  • Symptoms of the virus include fever, cough, eye and nose discharge, swelling of the paw pads and more.
    — Mary Lebus, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The man grabs his head, in apparent pain from the discharge of the handgun so close to him.
    — Tonya Alanez, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
  • Brenda took a hardship discharge from the Marines to care for Zachary.
    — Adam England, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
  • With his discharge from the hospital, his timetable to return to the field has yet to be disclosed.
    — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Yeast infections may have a cottage cheese-like discharge and swelling of the labia.
    — Tracee Cornforth, Verywell Health, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Babacar Mbengue, 35, of the city’s Oakland neighborhood on the South Side, faces charges of reckless discharge of a firearm at the theater.
    — William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
  • We were sent home with painkillers and discharge paperwork.
    — Kevin Farron, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
  • For wound infection, fever, redness, pain, swelling, warmth, discoloration, and discharge may spread to the rest of the body.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 8 Sep. 2023
  • And this goes back to the 1950s with something called spark discharge experiments.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The heat from the discharge carried through that coat, an inner jacket, and two shirts before searing the flesh around the entry wound.
    — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • In turn, the model spits out a prediction for the patient's medical needs, length of stay, and discharge date.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Tepco, which has in the past been accused of a lack of transparency, has vowed to put safety first and stop the discharges if problems arise.
    — Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The Lake Erie plant intake and discharge has been closed off, and complete power shutdown occurred May 22.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 17 July 2023
  • It can be set up to bag, mulch, or rear discharge clippings, and the mulching setting impressed us, cutting up wet grass into fine pieces that will help to feed the lawn.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 7 June 2023
  • In one of four ways: Direct strike: The person becomes a part of the main discharge channel, usually when outside in an open area.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
  • The Ohio River basin received the largest volume of toxic discharges by weight nationwide in 2020.
    — Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Insert the side discharge chute Install the side discharge chute on a 3-function mower (mulches, side discharges or bags).
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
  • She was charged with discharge of a firearm with gross negligence, a felony, and exhibiting a firearm, a misdemeanor.
    — Emma Colton, Fox News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The Snapper has the option of mulching your clippings, using side discharge, or bagging your clippings.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The collision left a hole in the oil tanker’s hull but did not cause any discharge into the water, the Balearic Islands Port Authority said.
    — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Smith pleaded guilty to a felony charge of discharge of a firearm endangering the safety of another.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The few voices trying to explain the science behind the discharge have been censored and scrubbed from social media.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 29 Aug. 2023
  • In many cases, the discharges were other than honorable.
    — Nate Luna, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • More likely is talk about getting enough House members to sign on to a discharge petition to circumvent the obstruction of the Speaker to bring the bill to a vote.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
  • But by early February his condition had improved enough that he was cleared for discharge — if the Sheriff’s Department would agree to pick him up.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • He is charged with carjacking resulting in death and discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, the attorney’s office said.
    — Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024

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