to discharge
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4.4
- verb
- /dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ/
:
verter
- The battery will discharge its energy slowly to ensure a longer lifespan.
- discharge pollutants
- discharge waste
- discharge contaminants
Is it like, is it discharging energy?
- Is it like, is it discharging energy?
- When zinc batteries charge and discharge, zinc tends to grow in the form of spiky crystals that can cause short circuits.
- And the only way to discharge that is through bloodletting.
Examples
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Furthermore, these organic pollutants have significant effects on the environment, whether discharged from fish farms or from seafood processing plants.
Academic text (1999) -
Plants and bivalves effectively remove nutrients discharged by aquaculture operations.
Academic text (1999) -
Ladies and gentlemen, at this time, due to a police investigation, we have to discharge this train.
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The delivery system we designed... ...will discharge the viral agent by midnight tonight.
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Similarly, this electric battery would discharge all at the same time, causing large sparks.
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The gas was discharging onto the well, onto the rig.
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The filtered water can then be discharged into the municipal water treatment system.
Academic text (1994) -
Poland has also set standards for effluents discharged into marine waters.
Academic text (1999) -
The factory was investigated for illegally discharging harmful waste into the river.
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As the storm approached, the clouds began to discharge heavy rain.
Synonyms
446
2.7
To allow a liquid, gas, or energy to flow out
179
1.0
To remove everything from a container or place
125
2.6
Take things or people out of a vehicle like a truck
34
5.0
Push out a substance, for example gas from a body or container
20
4.1
Push a liquid or other substance out of something
10
4.8
To remove gas or steam from a machine
4
6.5
Give off liquid slowly, often in drops
To come out freely, as a liquid, gas, or light
To release gas from a material when it is heated or in a vacuum
Antonyms
Compounds
- Formal
7
4.2
An official release from the military when someone leaves with a good record
- Formal
6
6.7
Official removal from the military because of a serious crime or bad behavior
- Specialized
1
6.7
A lamp that makes light when electricity passes between two metal points inside a gas
- Specialized
1
5.2
A flow of electricity through a gas that makes light or a spark
- Specialized
A faint blue electric glow with many thin light rays that appears when high voltage makes a spark
- Specialized
A faint glow around a high-voltage wire when the air becomes charged
- Specialized
A lamp that makes light by passing electricity between two metal parts inside a glass tube
- Specialized
A lamp that makes light when electricity passes through gas in a glass tube
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Discharge comes from old parts dis- meaning 'off' and charge meaning 'load' or 'burden', like a truck full of boxes. So to discharge something is to take the load 'off' or let out its contents.