Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has been discharged from the hospital and will work from home this week on the advice of his doctors, according to his spokesman. "Senator McConnell was discharged from ...
DISCHARGED definition: released, sent away, or allowed to leave. See examples of discharged used in a sentence.
The judge discharged the jury and ordered a retrial. He was honourably discharged from the Army three years ago.
When someone is discharged from a hospital, prison, or one of the armed services, they are officially allowed to leave, or told that they must leave. He has a broken nose but may be discharged today.
Military to (cause to) fire, go off, or shoot (a gun): [~ + object] In crowded places the police should not discharge their weapons. [no object] The weapon discharged when it hit the ground.
Discharged refers to the action of releasing or dismissing someone from a particular responsibility, duty, job or hospital care. It can also denote the process of emitting or sending out something in a specific direction such as a gas, liquid or electric charge.
- fire Remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave "The taxi discharged its passengers at the airport "; - drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload Remove the charge from "He discharged the battery by leaving the headlights on overnight " Become empty or void of its content "The battery discharged completely "; - empty Noun: discharge 'dis ...
The company illegally discharged [= fired] several union organizers. We had to discharge several employees last week.