to charge
- verb
- /tʃɑrdʒ/
- Okay, charging weapons.
- charge a weapon
- charge a gun
- charge a cannon
Examples
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- All right, charge the defib.
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Charge your bayonets!
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Chamber system charged and ready, sir.
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It's tense; everyone is standing ready with their weapons charged.
Fiction book (1994) -
Charge your rifle, Will!
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Charge the cannons.
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He carefully charged the weapon before heading into the battle.
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The soldier knew it was crucial to charge the cannon correctly for the upcoming fire.
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Before launching the attack, they charged the missiles with explosives.
Synonyms
To aim or face in a particular direction
To direct strong criticism or blame at someone
To add an initial charge or pressure to something before you use it
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Informal
To move quickly and forcefully forward across a playing field in sports to try to score
Compounds
- Specialized
A quality in objects that makes them pull together or push apart, called positive and negative
An extra fee each person pays to enter a restaurant or club, not for food and drink
- Specialized
An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons
- Specialized
A state when an object has more electrons than protons and so attracts positive objects, for example a rubbed balloon
- Specialized
A buildup of electricity on the surface of an object that does not let it move
- Formal
A diplomat who acts as head of an embassy when the ambassador is away
- Archaic
A small metal or plastic plate that people use like an early credit card to pay for goods
A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport
Money paid for putting equipment or services in place and making them ready
- Specialized
A regular payment that does not change when business changes, like rent or insurance
- Specialized
The total electric charge in a closed system stays the same
A mass attack, especially by Japanese soldiers in World War II, where they rush the enemy while shouting 'banzai'
- Specialized
An amount companies record each year as an expense to show equipment loses value
- Specialized
A payment plan that lets you keep owing money and pay over time
- Jargon
A soldier who stays on duty after hours to deal with problems and visitors
An amount of money residents pay regularly to cover shared building costs like cleaning and repairs
A way to buy now at a shop and pay later up to a set limit you can repay anytime
- Specialized
A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons
- Archaic
A device that throws explosive charges into the sea to attack submarines from a ship
How Ready
Surface Forms
Etymology
Charge originally meant 'to load', and one direct use of that idea is to load a weapon with ammo. To charge a gun or similar device is to put in the ammunition or make it ready to fire.