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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of discharge.

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  • adjective having lost your job

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Examples

  • Two weeks later John Paul was again discharged from the Gemelli Polyclinic and returned to the Vatican, this time by minivan.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • Two weeks later John Paul was again discharged from the Gemelli Polyclinic and returned to the Vatican, this time by minivan.

    The Year of two Popes 2006

  • Officials say three of the miners were discharged from the hospital late Thursday and walked into a news media storm.

    All But 2 Chilean Miners Back Home 2010

  • And if I had been an impecunious younger son of the gentry, or a farmer struggling to survive an agricultural depression, or a soldier discharged from the army with little prospect of finding a good job, or a poorly paid artisan in a grimy and unsanitary city, I might well have decided to take the risk and opt for the bright, prosperous future and healthful climate that Poyais appeared to offer the adventurous.

    A Talk with David Sinclair, author of The Land That Never Was 2010

  • Charlie Sheen will return to work this week after being discharged from a New York hospital, his manager said.

    Manager: Charlie Sheen Will Return to Work This Week 2010

  • Officials say three of the miners were discharged from the hospital late Thursday and walked into a news media storm.

    All But 2 Chilean Miners Back Home 2010

  • There was an especially wonderful rp last night between Molly and Nareth, just before the clone was discharged from the Gemini Corporation's medical facility, that was so good I might try to get the transcript up.

    "For beauty and the naked truth, it will cost you." greygirlbeast 2010

  • Before patients are discharged from the hospital, a nurse makes a follow-up appointment, then calls patients to remind them to show up.

    Chronic conditions crank up health costs 2009

  • There was an especially wonderful rp last night between Molly and Nareth, just before the clone was discharged from the Gemini Corporation's medical facility, that was so good I might try to get the transcript up.

    "For beauty and the naked truth, it will cost you." greygirlbeast 2010

  • A federal judge Friday ordered the reinstatement of an Air Force nurse discharged from the military under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that forbids openly gay service members.

    Judge orders reinstatement of military nurse discharged under 'don't ask' policy Robert Barnes 2010

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