discharge

🇬🇧 UK/dis‘tʃa:dʒ/🇺🇸 US/dis'tʃɑ:dʒ/
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Definitions

v.

To release or send out (energy, liquid, etc.); to fire a weapon; to fulfill an obligation; to dismiss someone from a job or service

释放,排放;开枪;履行(义务);解雇,退伍

n.

The act of releasing energy, liquid, or a projectile; fluid released from a wound; the dismissal of a person from duty

放电,排放;分泌物;解雇,退伍

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
disnot, apart, away
+
chargeother
=discharge

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The patient was discharged from the hospital after recovery.

  • 2.

    The hospital will discharge the patient after a full recovery.

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