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
An extra fee each person pays to enter a restaurant or club, not for food and drink
- 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
- Specialized
A quality in objects that makes them pull together or push apart, called positive and negative
- Specialized
A state when an object has more electrons than protons and so attracts positive objects, for example a rubbed balloon
- Specialized
An electrical state when an object has fewer electrons than protons
- Archaic
A small metal or plastic plate that people use like an early credit card to pay for goods
Money paid for putting equipment or services in place and making them ready
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
- Jargon
A soldier who stays on duty after hours to deal with problems and visitors
- Specialized
A machine that speeds up ions so they leave a hot gas called plasma after swapping electrons
- Specialized
An amount companies record each year as an expense to show equipment loses value
- Archaic
A device that throws explosive charges into the sea to attack submarines from a ship
A fee paid for a plane landing, take-off, parking, or use of passenger areas at an airport
A mass attack, especially by Japanese soldiers in World War II, where they rush the enemy while shouting 'banzai'
- Specialized
A regular payment that does not change when business changes, like rent or insurance
- Specialized
A payment plan that lets you keep owing money and pay over time
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.