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discharge

/dɪsˈtʃɑɹdʒ/ sustantivo B2

En español: alta, licenciamiento, baja, secreción

  1. The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital. (countable, uncountable) · care transition after discharge
  2. The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service. (countable, uncountable) · career transition after discharge
  3. The material thus released. (countable, uncountable) · Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)· a mucopurulent vaginal discharge
  4. The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm. (countable, uncountable) · negligent discharge
  5. The process of removing the load borne by something. (countable, uncountable)
  6. The process of flowing out. (countable, uncountable)
  7. Pus or exudate or mucus (but in modern usage not exclusively blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to pathological or hormonal changes. (uncountable) · Near-synonyms: effluent, effluence (sometimes synonymous)
  8. The act of releasing an accumulated charge. (countable, uncountable)

Plural discharges

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Wickham is the son of a very respectable man, who had for many years the management of all the Pemberley estates, and whose good conduct in the discharge of his trust naturally inclined my father to be of service to him; and on George Wickham, who was his godson, his kindness was therefore liberally bestowed.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 231 · B2
It mentioned that his injuries had been in the head, from the discharge of a shotgun.
The Valley of Fear, p. 20 · C1
The triggers had been wired together, so as to make the simultaneous discharge more destructive.
The Valley of Fear, p. 27 · C1
The sound from a shotgun is to some extent muffled when the discharge is at very close range, as it undoubtedly was in this instance.
The Valley of Fear, p. 68 · C1

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