The verb is pronounced /dɪstʃɑ:(r)dʒ/. The noun is pronounced /dɪstʃɑ:(r)dʒ/.
( discharged)
1.
When someone is discharged from hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave.
He has a broken nose but may be discharged today...
Five days later Henry discharged himself from hospital.
VERB : be V-ed , V pron-refl , also V n
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Discharge is also a noun.
He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay compensation.
N-VAR
2.
If someone discharges their duties or responsibilities, they do everything that needs to be done in order to complete them. ( FORMAL )
...the quiet competence with which he discharged his many college duties.
VERB : V n
3.
If someone discharges a debt, they pay it. ( FORMAL )
The goods will be sold for a fraction of their value in order to discharge the debt.
VERB : V n
4.
If something is discharged from inside a place, it comes out. ( FORMAL )
The resulting salty water will be discharged at sea...
The bird had trouble breathing and was discharging blood from the nostrils.
VERB : be V-ed prep , V n prep
5.
When there is a discharge of a substance, the substance comes out from inside somewhere. ( FORMAL )
They develop a fever and a watery discharge from their eyes...
N-VAR : usu with supp