discharge
verb (used with object)
to relieve of a charge or load; unload.
has been discharging
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present perfect progressiveof discharge (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The MDE has also been criticized for slow-footed enforcement regarding Valley Proteins, a poultry-rendering plant in Dorchester County that allegedly has been discharging pollutants into a tributary of the Transquaking River since April 2019.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2022
The company alleges the Filmont site has been discharging contaminants for decades.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 7, 2021
