Definition of discharge

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Discharge (v. t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar..

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Bracket :: Bracket (n.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office..
Fontanel :: Fontanel (n.) An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body.
Amenorrhoea :: Amenorrhoea (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.
Recoil :: Recoil (n.) Specifically, the reaction or rebounding of a firearm when discharged..
Eject :: Eject (v. t.) To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to eject words from the language..
Integrity :: Integrity (n.) Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides..
Flux :: Flux (v. t.) To cause a discharge from; to purge.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) Release or dismissal from an office, employment, etc.; dismission; as, the discharge of a workman by his employer..
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The opening through which the waters of a river or any stream are discharged.
Ptysmagogue :: Ptysmagogue (n.) A medicine that promotes the discharge of saliva.
Diarrhoea :: Diarrhoea (n.) A morbidly frequent and profuse discharge of loose or fluid evacuations from the intestines, without tenesmus; a purging or looseness of the bowels; a flux..
Snot :: Snot (n.) Mucus secreted in, or discharged from, the nose..
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) The opening of a piece of ordnance, through which it is discharged..
Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A number of coated jars (Leyden jars) so connected that they may be charged and discharged simultaneously.
Shot :: Shot (n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
Retromingent :: Retromingent (n.) An animal that discharges its urine backward.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To cut down; to cause to fall in rows or masses, as in mowing grass; -- with down; as, a discharge of grapeshot mows down whole ranks of men..
Unlade :: Unlade (v. t.) To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge..
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