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as in discharged
to empty or rid of cargo
the dockworkers unloaded the ship
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as in dumped
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
I can't seem to unload this old car—even the charities won't take it!
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Recent Examples of unloaded
How to donate Those participating in the event are asked to place working, unloaded guns in the trunk or the rear of the vehicle; no ammunition is accepted.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
For indoor storage, guns should be kept unloaded and locked in appropriate safes or lockboxes for handguns, with ammunition in a separate safe, the AAP recommends.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Coast Guard members unloaded bales of cocaine from the cutter Midgett at the Marine Terminal in Barrio Logan on Thursday.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Detainees were being unloaded from a van when the shooting occurred and were being restrained for transport, per proper procedure, officials said.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
Kent Nishimura | Reuters Nuclear power startup Oklo has tumbled 15% over the past two days, after several executives unloaded shares and Goldman Sachs told investors to approach the stock with caution.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Hagan also said all the firearms in the vehicle were unloaded except the handgun in Culotta’s pocket.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Boston already unloaded close to $300 million when the San Francisco Giants took the remainder of Rafael Devers' contract in June's blockbuster trade.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
From there, the product would be unloaded, securely packaged, and transported to the cartel’s stateside distributors.
—Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
For indoor storage, guns should be kept unloaded and locked in appropriate safes or lockboxes for handguns, with ammunition in a separate safe, the AAP recommends.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Coast Guard members unloaded bales of cocaine from the cutter Midgett at the Marine Terminal in Barrio Logan on Thursday.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Detainees were being unloaded from a van when the shooting occurred and were being restrained for transport, per proper procedure, officials said.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
Kent Nishimura | Reuters Nuclear power startup Oklo has tumbled 15% over the past two days, after several executives unloaded shares and Goldman Sachs told investors to approach the stock with caution.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
Hagan also said all the firearms in the vehicle were unloaded except the handgun in Culotta’s pocket.
—Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Boston already unloaded close to $300 million when the San Francisco Giants took the remainder of Rafael Devers' contract in June's blockbuster trade.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
From there, the product would be unloaded, securely packaged, and transported to the cartel’s stateside distributors.
—Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unloaded
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Their flagship release will be Miami Nights, an action thriller that follows two war heroes who are discharged without honor after saving a famed American journalist overseas.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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One smoke inhalation patient at Henry Ford Genesys was still intubated Monday while two had been discharged, Danic said.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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By the numbers, Helene dumped upwards of 30 inches of rain across the region, resulting in 108 casualties, 73,000 affected homes, and $60 billion in damages for Western North Carolina alone.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
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Local authorities were initially called to a Maverik gas station in Cedar City, roughly 215 miles from where Kirk was shot, after Utah state officials alerted police that alleged shooter Tyler Robinson, 22, may have dumped evidence in a nearby trash can.—
Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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At Sourcing Journal’s Fall Summit, executives from Flexport, OEC Group and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey unpacked what shifts in tariffs, consumption and carrier partnerships have meant for logistics this year.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Speaking to Variety ahead of the lineup presentation at a swank Paris event on Thursday, Thomas Dubois, the head of France and Japan at Amazon MGM Studios, unpacked the streamer’s plans to try new things, as well as balance out comedy, new romance and prestige drama.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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The team, based mainly at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, devised a method to remove the extra chromosomes by mimicking natural cell division in a way that causes one set of 23 to be discarded, leaving a functional egg cell.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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The aspects of Dalton’s theory that disagreed with reality were discarded, just as the aspects of Democritus’s ideas that didn’t align with reality were not kept as part of the theory.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
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One advantage wounded Israeli soldiers have benefited from is the proximity to the battlefield — evacuated from Gaza by helicopter within about an hour to the operating table of a top-notch hospital in Israel.—
Daniel Estrin,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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In the run-up to the polls, media outlets were hacked, several people were arrested for allegedly fomenting violent unrest, and Moldova’s embassy in Brussels was evacuated over a bomb threat.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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Popular Aussie band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard ditched Spotify in July to protest Ek’s investments in the military defense company Helsing, as did Xiu Xiu and Deerhoof.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers have ditched that for a new cutter.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Since May 2020, at least 20 homes have been lost.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Data from the commission show from 2020 to 2023, consumers lost more than $110 million in scams involving Bitcoin ATMs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 Oct. 2025
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The victim handed over his wallet and emptied his pockets, the document says.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Both of those boxes were emptied and gone, which led Sainz to believe the intruders likely shoved all of the guinea pigs into the two boxes.—
Alexandra Hardle,
AZCentral.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Unloaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unloaded. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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