to discharge

Examples

• All

• During the demonstration, the instructor showed how to discharge the rifle safely.

• It's serious anytime you discharge your weapon.

  Shawn Ryan Show

• The gun will discharge this way.

  The Divide (2012)

• We do not discharge our weapons in view of the public.

  Men in Black (1997)

• 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.

  Check Point (2017)

• 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.

• In the heat of the moment, he had to discharge his weapon to protect himself.

Synonyms

F

to fire

vsto discharge

∞ 1.0

To shoot a gun at a target

also covers causing a weapon or device to activate or explode

G

to go off

vsto discharge

434 3.2

Start making a loud noise or explode, for example an alarm

involves someone shooting a weapon rather than only activation or explosion

O

to open fire

vsto discharge

• NSFW

117 4.1

Start shooting at people or things with a gun

describes shooting in general rather than only the starting act

B

to blaze away

vsto discharge

2 7.7

To shoot a gun again and again quickly

involves ordinary shooting without the rapid repeated intensity

Compounds

H

honorable discharge

• Formal

9 4.2

An official release from the military when someone leaves with a good record

D

dishonorable discharge

• Formal

5 6.7

Official removal from the military because of a serious crime or bad behavior

V

vaginal discharge

2 6.3

A fluid that comes from the vagina, usually clear or white

E

electrical discharge

• Specialized

2 4.2

A sudden flow of electricity that makes a spark or flash

D

discharge pipe

• Specialized

1 3.8

A pipe that carries water or waste away from a building

E

electric discharge

• Specialized

1 5.2

A flow of electricity through a gas that makes light or a spark

D

discharge lamp

• Specialized

1 6.7

A lamp that makes light when electricity passes between two metal points inside a gas

C

corona discharge

• Specialized

1 7.9

A faint glow around a high-voltage wire when the air becomes charged

E

electric-discharge lamp

• Specialized

1 7.0

A lamp that makes light by passing electricity between two metal parts inside a glass tube

B

brush discharge

• Specialized

9.9

A faint blue electric glow with many thin light rays that appears when high voltage makes a spark

G

gas-discharge lamp

• Specialized

5.8

A lamp that makes light when electricity passes through gas in a glass tube

G

gas-discharge tube

• Specialized

5.4

A sealed tube where electricity makes the gas inside glow

How Forceful

to detonate

166 6.5

blast

248 3.0

to discharge

24 5.8

pop

1 3.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology