discharge
verb (used with object)
to relieve of a charge or load; unload.
is discharging
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present progressiveof discharge (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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She is discharging Ash from her care, but offering four last sessions so that “Ash can learn to say goodbye.”
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2023
Prof Hammond looked at data from "event duration monitors", which check every 15 minutes on whether a treatment works is discharging untreated sewage into a river.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2022
The band is called upon when the president is discharging his duties as head of state.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2020
The water China is discharging from its existing dams upstream has had little discernible impact as it dissipates into the expansive delta region where Thach and nearly 20 million other people live.
From Reuters ● Apr. 17, 2016
He is discharging a function which is useful, it is true, to himself; but which is also intrinsically useful to the whole society.
From Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies by Sir Leslie Stephen
