discharged

verb

past tense of discharge
1
as in fired
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force Robert Goddard was the first to discharge a rocket containing an instrument package

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2
as in unloaded
to empty or rid of cargo docks for discharging containerships

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3
as in paid
to give what is owed for discharge a debt in full

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4
as in released
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) discharged the prisoners upon the signing of the peace treaty

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as in radiated
to throw or give off the mighty river discharges its waters into the ocean

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as in blasted
to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force felt a strong recoil as the rifle discharged

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as in dismissed
to let go from office, service, or employment 15 people were discharged when the embezzling ring was discovered

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Recent Examples of discharged Middle Township officers Christopher Rudy and Ty Pettit discharged their firearms, striking Moore, who was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the attorney general. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 Pike was discharged from the hospital and returned to the women’s prison where she was housed for 30 years, her lawyers said Saturday. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike has been discharged from the hospital and returned to prison after surviving a botched lethal injection that left her with serious medical complications, her attorneys announced. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026 During the argument, a person discharged pepper spray, which led to a fight. — Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026 Imagine your mom has just been discharged from the hospital to a rehabilitation center after hip replacement surgery. — Jennifer Schlinger, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026 The first takes place in 1889, when Adam is discharged after five years of service. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026 Imagine a hospital has just discharged your mother to a rehabilitation center after hip replacement surgery. — Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2026 Brown was subsequently arrested by the Middletown Police Department, discharged by the hospital and arraigned in Superior Court in Middletown on charges relating to the Middletown homicide. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discharged
  1. fired
  2. unloaded
  3. paid
  4. released
  5. radiated
  6. dismissed
  7. met
  8. freed
Verb
  • And as the most recent press secretary found out, you can be fired from the position just as quickly as you were hired.
    — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Police fired tear gas and water cannons to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks, paving stones and other objects at officers in the Place de la République, northeast of the Paris city center.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of fired
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  • During Trautman’s visit in the fall of 1942, when matériel was unloaded off the coast of Australia, it was stacked on the beaches, fully exposed to the elements.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Mora unloaded on Summers at UTSA over a late substitution that led to an easy touchdown.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026
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  • The deal is reportedly worth $15 million a year, nearly four times what James is paid to play basketball for the Philadelphia 76ers.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Among the city’s top 15 earners, 11 were police officers and supervisors — all paid more than $245,000 per year.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of paid
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  • When released under conditions of acute stress, glucocorticoids power fight or flight by shunting metabolic energy away from processes such as digestion and toward the heart, lungs, brain and muscles.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In Registan Square on Monday, Rubio’s Uzbek hosts released hundreds of pigeons into the sky and filled the vast space with local pop music.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of released
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  • The surrounding countryside, by comparison, was littered with large numbers of trees that were toppled as the shock waves produced by the exploding asteroid high above radiated downward.
    — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The film’s focus on the strange and unprecedented power dynamics in an industry that’s hurtling forward at all costs radiated off-screen as well.
    — Hayden Field, The Verge, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of radiated
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  • Williams argued that without a viable federal copyright claim, Hugo’s state-law claims involving breach of fiduciary duty and an incomplete accounting should also be dismissed, leaving him free to pursue those claims separately in state court.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Last weekend in Highland, Michigan, Rogers dismissed El-Sayed's attempts to whittle away at his GOP base of support.
    — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • In Oxford, Archer met Mary Weeden, a chemistry student who became his wife in 1966.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Fewer than half of students met or exceeded state standards in English language arts and math, and many Sacramento-area schools were no exception.
    — Chaewon Chung October 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026
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  • Woman freed without charges after allegedly plowing into kids' game and killing 2 people.
    — , FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Walker wasn’t surprised to see Mahomes provide a block that freed his path to the end zone.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of freed

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