discharge - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of discharging a gun

Synonyms

• discharge
• firing
• firing off

More generic

• shooting
• shot

More specific

• gun

Noun

a formal written statement of relinquishment

Synonyms

• discharge
• release
• waiver

More generic

• relinquishing
• relinquishment

More specific

• exemption
• granting immunity
• immunity

Noun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Synonyms

• discharge
• dismissal
• dismission
• firing
• liberation
• release
• sack
• sacking

More generic

• conclusion
• ending
• termination

More specific

• Section Eight
• conge
• congee
• deactivation
• dishonorable discharge
• honorable discharge
• inactivation
• removal
• superannuation

Noun

the act of venting

Synonyms

• discharge
• venting

More generic

• emanation
• emission

Noun

the sudden giving off of energy

Synonyms

• discharge

More generic

• happening
• natural event
• occurrence
• occurrent

More specific

• blowup
• detonation
• electrical discharge
• eruption
• explosion
• volcanic eruption

Noun

the pouring forth of a fluid

Synonyms

• discharge
• outpouring
• run

More generic

• flow
• flowing

More specific

• escape
• jet
• leak
• leakage
• outflow
• spirt
• spurt
• squirt

Noun

electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

Synonyms

• arc
• discharge
• electric arc
• electric discharge
• spark

More generic

• electrical conduction

More specific

• Saint Elmo's fire
• Saint Elmo's light
• Saint Ulmo's fire
• Saint Ulmo's light
• St. Elmo's fire
• brush discharge
• corona
• corona discharge
• corposant
• electric glow
• flashover

Noun

any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

Synonyms

• discharge
• emission
• expelling

More generic

• activity
• bodily function
• bodily process
• body process

More specific

• catamenia
• ejaculation
• elimination
• evacuation
• excreting
• excretion
• flow
• menses
• menstruation
• menstruum
• period
• voiding

Noun

a substance that is emitted or released

Synonyms

• discharge
• emission

More generic

• material
• stuff

More specific

• effluvium
• exudate
• exudation
• rheum
• transudate
• transudation
• vaginal discharge

Verb

eliminate (a substance)

Synonyms

• discharge
• eject
• exhaust
• expel
• release

More specific

• abort
• bleed
• blow
• breathe
• cough out
• cough up
• egest
• ejaculate
• eliminate
• emit
• eruct
• excrete
• expectorate
• fester
• hemorrhage
• maturate
• ovulate
• pass
• pass off
• shed blood
• spew
• spew out
• spit out
• spit up
• suppurate

Verb

become empty or void of its content

Synonyms

• discharge
• empty

More generic

• change state
• turn

More specific

• flow away
• flow off

Verb

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

Synonyms

• acquit
• assoil
• clear
• discharge
• exculpate
• exonerate

More generic

• judge
• label
• pronounce

More specific

• purge
• vindicate
• whitewash

Related

• evaluate
• judge
• pass judgment

Verb

release from military service

Synonyms

• discharge
• muster out

More generic

• let go
• let go of
• release
• relinquish

Opposite / Antonyms

• enlist

More specific

• cannon
• deactivate
• demob
• demobilise
• demobilize
• inactivate

Verb

cause to go off

Synonyms

• discharge
• fire

More specific

• blast
• fusillade
• let drive
• let fly
• loose off
• pop
• shoot

Related

• discharge
• fire
• go off

Verb

go off or discharge

Synonyms

• discharge
• fire
• go off

Verb

pour forth or release

Synonyms

• discharge

More generic

• distribute
• spread

More specific

• disperse
• dot
• dust
• eject
• force out
• play
• scatter
• sprinkle
• squeeze out
• squirt
• volley

Verb

remove the charge from

Synonyms

• discharge

More generic

• remove
• take
• take away
• withdraw

Opposite / Antonyms

• charge

Verb

remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

Synonyms

• discharge
• drop
• drop off
• put down
• set down
• unload

More generic

• deliver

More specific

• air-drop
• wharf

Verb

free from obligations or duties

Synonyms

• discharge
• free

More specific

• cashier
• clear
• cut
• disembroil
• disentangle
• disinvest
• disinvolve
• divest
• liberate
• relieve
• set free
• take over

Verb

complete or carry out

Synonyms

• complete
• discharge
• dispatch

More generic

• accomplish
• action
• carry out
• carry through
• execute
• fulfil
• fulfill

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