discharge
verb (used with object)
to relieve of a charge or load; unload.
have been discharging
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present perfect progressiveof discharge.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 Nolan is bound for Matanzas, one of the documents showed, where Cuban state companies have been discharging imports by transferring cargoes to smaller vessels through ship-to-ship operations.
From Reuters ● Mar. 13, 2023
He wrote: "Considerations of health and age make it necessary that I should be relieved of the duties which I have been discharging with increasing difficulty."
From Time Magazine Archive
