discharge
verb (used with object)
to relieve of a charge or load; unload.
had been discharging
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past perfect progressiveof discharge.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The Corps had been discharging about twice the normal winter amount from Gavins Point Dam - the southernmost in the six-dam system.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 8, 2020
Since morning, while he sat stupid there, the boat had been discharging cargo; that very evening it would leave for Ilo-Ilo, and in Ilo-Ilo there were Americans, doctors, hospitals, hope!
From Caybigan by James Hopper
