general discharge
a discharge from military service of a person who has served honorably but who has not met all the conditions of an honorable discharge.
a certificate of such a discharge.
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How to use general discharge in a sentence
Wallis ordered a general discharge, and had two guns loaded with fine shot.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers | Jules VerneA general discharge was immediately directed upon the inoffensive crowd, but fortunately no one was injured.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers | Jules VerneThis was the signal for a general discharge of arrows, which struck on the vessel and did but little damage.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers | Jules VerneThe fifteen or twenty dragoons commanded by Colonel Plouernel were received with a general discharge of musketry.
The Galley Slave's Ring | Eugne SueThe fire of a single excited man will usually be followed by a general discharge.
A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry | Francis J. Lippitt
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