Meaning & use
Discharged
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Released someone from a duty, obligation, or place of confinement, or let out a substance or load.
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The patient was discharged from the hospital after a week of treatment.
The factory illegally discharged waste into the river.
A note on using this word
Used across many contexts: military service, hospitals, debts, and firearms all have distinct 'discharge' senses.
Words with a similar meaning
releaseddismissedemitted
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Words with an opposite meaning
admittedretained
Another way to use it
2. verb
Fired a weapon.
The officer discharged his firearm into the air as a warning.
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