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

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

The team from Vanderbilt University and the University of Maryland used chlorine to enable sulfur atoms to exchange a third electron during charging and discharging. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 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

The lawsuit states that the accused was arrested in May 2021 for injuring a man and damaging multiple vehicles after discharging a firearm more than 20 times at a Kissimmee gas station and then fleeing the scene. — Evonne Andris, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026