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Discharged

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Adjective

1. discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped

having lost your job

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Discharged

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verb (dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ )
1. (transitive)
to release or allow to go
the hospital discharged the patient
2. (transitive)
to dismiss from or relieve of duty, office, employment, etc
3. 
to fire or be fired, as a gun
4. 
to pour forth or cause to pour forth
the boil discharges pus
5. (transitive)
to remove (the cargo) from (a boat, etc); unload
6. (transitive)
to perform (the duties of) or meet (the demands of an office, obligation, etc)
he discharged his responsibilities as mayor
7. (transitive)
to relieve oneself of (a responsibility, debt, etc)
8. (intransitive) physics
a. 
to lose or remove electric charge
b. 
to form an arc, spark, or corona in a gas
c. 
to take or supply electrical current from a cell or battery
9. (transitive) law
to release (a prisoner from custody, etc)
10. (transitive)
to remove dye from (a fabric), as by bleaching
11. (intransitive)
(of a dye or colour) to blur or run
12. (transitive) architecture
a. 
to spread (weight) evenly over a supporting member
b. 
to relieve a member of (excess weight) by distribution of pressure
noun (ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ , dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ )
13. 
a person or thing that is discharged
14. 
a. 
dismissal or release from an office, job, institution, etc
b. 
the document certifying such release
15. 
the fulfilment of an obligation or release from a responsibility or liability
honourable discharge
16. 
the act of removing a load, as of cargo
17. 
a pouring forth of a fluid; emission
18. 
a. 
the act of firing a projectile
b. 
the volley, bullet, missile, etc, fired
19. law
a. 
a release, as of a person held under legal restraint
b. 
an annulment, as of a court order
20. physics
a. 
the act or process of removing or losing charge or of equalizing a potential difference
b. 
a transient or continuous conduction of electricity through a gas by the formation and movement of electrons and ions in an applied electric field
21. 
a. 
the volume of fluid flowing along a pipe or a channel in unit time
b. 
the output rate of a plant or piece of machinery, such as a pump

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Discharged

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noun
12. 
a discharging or being discharged
13. 
that which discharges, as a legal order for release, a certificate of dismissal from military service, etc.
14. 
that which is discharged, as pus from a sore
15. 
a flow of electric current across a gap, as in a spark or arc
verb transitiveWord forms: disˈcharged or disˈcharging
1. 
to relieve of or release from something that burdens or confines
; specif.,
a. 
to remove the cargo of (a ship); unload
b. 
to release the charge of (a gun); fire
c. 
to release (a soldier, jury, etc.) from duty
d. 
to dismiss (a special committee) after it has reported to the legislature of which it is a part
e. 
to dismiss from employment
f. 
to release (a prisoner) from jail, (a defendant) from suspicion, (a patient) as cured, (a debtor or bankrupt) from obligations, etc.
2. 
to release or remove (that by which one is burdened or confined)
; specif.,
a. 
to unload (a cargo)
b. 
to shoot (a projectile)
c. 
to remove (dye) from cloth
3. 
to relieve oneself or itself of (a burden, load, etc.)
; specif.,
a. 
to throw off; send forth; emit
to discharge pus
b. 
to get rid of; acquit oneself of; pay (a debt) or perform (a duty)
4.  Architecture
a. 
to relieve (a wall, etc.) of excess pressure by distribution of weight
b. 
to distribute (weight) evenly over a supporting part
5.  US, Electricity
to remove stored energy from (a battery or capacitor)
verb intransitive
6. 
to get rid of a burden, load, etc.
7. 
to be released or thrown off
8. 
to fire; go off: said of a gun, etc.
9. 
to emit waste matter
said of a wound, etc.
10. 
to run: said of a dye
11. 
to lose or give off a stored electrical charge

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Discharged

see synonyms of discharged
v. dis·charged, dis·charg·ing, dis·charg·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To release, as from confinement, care, or duty: discharge a patient; discharge a soldier.
b. To let go; empty out: a train discharging commuters.
c. To pour forth; emit: a vent discharging steam.
d. To shoot: discharge a pistol.
2. To remove from office or employment. See Synonyms at dismiss.
3. To perform the obligations or demands of (an office, duty, or task).
4. To comply with the terms of (a debt or promise, for example).
5. Law To release from debt, as in bankruptcy.
6. To remove (color) from cloth, as by chemical bleaching.
7. Electricity To cause the release of stored energy or electric charge from (a battery, for example).
8. Architecture
a. To apportion (weight) evenly, as over a door.
b. To relieve (a part) of excess weight by distribution of pressure.
9. To clear the record of the loan of (a returned library book).
10.
a. To relieve (a ship, for example) of a burden or of contents; unload.
b. To unload or empty (contents).
v.intr.
1.
a. To go off; fire: The musket discharged loudly.
b. To pour forth, emit, or release contents.
c. To become blurred, as a color or dye; run.
2. To undergo the release of stored energy or electric charge.
3. To get rid of a burden, load, or weight.
n. (dĭschärj, dĭs-chärj)
1. The act of shooting or firing a projectile or weapon.
2.
a. A flowing out or pouring forth; emission; secretion: a discharge of pus.
b. The amount or rate of emission or ejection.
c. Something that is discharged, released, emitted, or excreted: a watery discharge.
3. The act or an instance of removing an obligation, burden, or responsibility.
4.
a. Fulfillment of the terms of something, such as a debt or promise.
b. Performance, as of an office or duty.
5.
a. Dismissal or release from employment, service, care, or confinement.
b. An official document certifying such release, especially from military service.
6. Electricity
a. Release of stored energy in a capacitor by the flow of current between its terminals.
b. Conversion of chemical energy to electric energy in a storage battery.
c. A flow of electricity in a dielectric, especially in a rarefied gas.
d. Elimination of net electric charge from a charged body.
7. The act of removing a load or burden.

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