Synonyms of discharging

discharging

verb

present participle of discharge

1

as in firing

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force

Robert Goddard was the first to discharge a rocket containing an instrument package

Synonyms & Similar Words

• firing
• shooting
• launching
• throwing
• blasting
• hurling
• projecting
• loosing
• squeezing off
• flinging
• tossing
• slinging
• blazing (at)
• casting
• sniping (at)
• heaving
• pelting
• hurtling
• lobbing
• catapulting
• pitching

2

as in unloading

to empty or rid of cargo

docks for discharging containerships

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unloading
• evacuating
• unpacking
• unlading
• unburdening
• emptying
• off-loading
• relieving
• disencumbering
• disburdening
• vacating
• freeing
• lightening
• clearing
• voiding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loading
• packing
• filling
• charging
• jamming
• stuffing
• heaping
• cramming
• jam-packing

3

as in paying

to give what is owed for

discharge a debt in full

Synonyms & Similar Words

• paying
• balancing
• settling
• meeting
• standing
• liquidating
• paying off
• clearing
• footing
• springing (for)
• quitting
• recompensing
• paying up
• ponying up
• anteing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repudiating

4

as in freeing

to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

discharged the prisoners upon the signing of the peace treaty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freeing
• releasing
• rescuing
• liberating
• saving
• enlarging
• emancipating
• springing
• loosening
• enfranchising
• manumitting
• loosing
• turning loose
• unbinding
• unfettering
• paroling
• disenthralling
• unchaining
• uncaging
• delivering
• bailing (out)
• extricating
• disengaging
• redeeming
• ransoming
• disentangling
• disencumbering
• disembarrassing
• unshackling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restraining
• confining
• binding
• fettering
• shackling
• handcuffing
• committing
• imprisoning
• locking (up)
• incarcerating
• jailing
• enchaining
• subjugating
• subduing
• conquering
• enslaving
• interning
• trammeling
• manacling
• immuring

5

as in radiating

to throw or give off

the mighty river discharges its waters into the ocean

Synonyms & Similar Words

• radiating
• casting
• releasing
• emitting
• issuing
• expelling
• emanating
• eliminating
• evolving
• shooting
• exhaling
• pouring
• sending (out)
• irradiating
• venting
• giving out
• evacuating
• throwing out
• excreting
• secreting
• expiring
• ejecting
• spraying
• exuding
• erupting
• oozing
• squirting
• spewing
• gushing
• spurting
• jetting
• spouting
• outpouring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• absorbing
• inhaling
• taking up
• sucking (up)
• soaking (up)
• sponging

6

as in shooting

to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force

felt a strong recoil as the rifle discharged

Synonyms & Similar Words

• firing
• shooting
• blasting
• blazing
• peppering
• sniping
• potshotting
• plinking

7

as in removing

to let go from office, service, or employment

15 people were discharged when the embezzling ring was discovered

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removing
• dismissing
• sacking
• firing
• releasing
• retiring
• terminating
• axing
• bouncing
• canning
• mustering out
• turning off
• cashiering
• pink-slipping
• sending packing
• showing (someone) the door
• downsizing
• laying off
• trimming
• separating
• excessing
• furloughing
• kicking out
• drumming (out)
• unseating
• booting (out)
• chucking (out)
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• employing
• retaining
• hiring
• engaging
• keeping
• signing (up or on)
• taking on
• contracting
• rehiring
• recruiting
• reemploying
• subcontracting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of discharging

This is largely due to the complex chemical reactions that occur during charging and discharging. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Pump station number 8 was put to work clearing stormwater from both neighborhoods and discharging it into the New River. — Ted Scouten, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

The hospital has been placed under quarantine, Mayor Maxim Modin said Friday, no longer admitting or discharging patients, and its laboratory halted carrying out routine tests. — ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

The hospital in Shelekhov, just outside Irkutsk, where Shipilova was treated, has been placed under quarantine and temporarily stopped admitting or discharging patients, according to The Associated Press. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

After the third shot fired by Brown, Montesdeoca returned fire, discharging his firearm through the front windshield of his cruiser. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026

Spence, who pleaded guilty to assault in aid of racketeering and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, could face between 24 and 27-and-a-half years behind bars. — John Annese, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026

Because Maryland law prohibits a waiver program from discharging someone until they are taken in by another provider, the Arc of Howard County continued to provide services for him. — Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2026

The War Horse reported on VA-medical-center policies that recommended discharging most patients from therapy after just eight sessions (far too few, according to many providers), an approach that the VA has denied adopting. — Andrea N. Goldstein, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026