to discharge
16
5.8
- verb
- /dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒ/
:
disparar
- In the six years he'd been with Homicide, this was only the second time he'd had to discharge his weapon.
- to discharge a weapon
- accidentally discharged
- to discharge a gun
It's serious anytime you discharge your weapon.
- It's serious anytime you discharge your weapon.
Examples
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During the demonstration, the instructor showed how to discharge the rifle safely.
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It's serious anytime you discharge your weapon.
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The gun will discharge this way.
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We do not discharge our weapons in view of the public.
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Luke and I discharged our weapons at the same time and saw a warrior fall from his horse.
Fiction book (1997) -
One of our deputies discharged his weapon.
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Simultaneously, a rifle was discharged and a bullet whistled over his head.
Fiction book (2001) -
There is a deafening roar as LeMalle's rifle discharges.
Fiction book (1993) -
The soldier was ordered to discharge his weapon at the target range.
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In the heat of the moment, he had to discharge his weapon to protect himself.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To shoot a gun at a target
451
3.2
Start making a loud noise or explode, for example an alarm
115
4.1
Start shooting at people or things with a gun
1
7.7
To shoot a gun again and again quickly
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
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Morphology
Etymology
Discharge was used for guns because charge meant the load of powder inside the weapon and dis- meant 'off', so to discharge a gun is to let the load go and make it fire.