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DISCHARGED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having lost your job
Synonyms:
discharged; dismissed; fired; laid-off; pink-slipped
Classified under:
Similar:
unemployed (not engaged in a gainful occupation)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb discharge
Context examples:
The tubular tract in female animals through which eggs are discharged either to the exterior or, in mammals, to the uterus.
(Oviduct, NCI Thesaurus)
His debts to be discharged, and something still to remain!
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
The discharged blood from the uterus during the reproductive years.
(Menstrual Blood, NCI Thesaurus)
“And very recently discharged,” remarked the brother.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The material discharged from the bowel during defecation.
(Feces, NCI Thesaurus)
Certainly the bullet had been discharged at very close quarters.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A dosage form containing one or more active ingredients, surfactants, aqueous or non-aqueous liquids, and the propellants; if the propellant is in the internal (discontinuous) phase (i.e., of the oil-in-water type), a stable foam is discharged, and if the propellant is in the external (continuous) phase (i.e., of the water-in-oil type), a spray or a quick-breaking foam is discharged.
(Aerosol Foam Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A facility which primary purpose is to provide elective surgical care, in which the patient is admitted to and discharged from within the same working day and is not permitted to stay overnight, and which is not part of a hospital.
(Ambulatory Surgical Center, NCI Thesaurus)
Such discharged nutrients may have increased in recent years due to increased deforestation and fertilizer use, though Hu noted that the evidence for nutrient enrichment is preliminary and based on limited available data, and the team needs more research to confirm this hypothesis.
(Satellites Find Biggest Seaweed Bloom in the World, NASA)
Data from national registers was linked with the DenHeart survey, which asked all patients discharged from April 2013 to April 2014 from five heart centres in Denmark to answer a questionnaire about their physical and mental health, lifestyle factors such as smoking, and social support.
(Loneliness Is Bad for Heart, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
