discharged
- 1Simple past and past participle of discharge.
The factory discharged waste into the river for decades before regulators stepped in.
Once the battery had discharged completely, the device refused to turn on.
Note
One spelling does double duty here: the plain past (the cannon discharged) and the participle after have or be (had discharged, was discharged). The passive is where it matters most, because the verb's meanings separate there. A duty is discharged when it is fulfilled, an accused person when cleared, a creditor when paid, and a missile when fired. The noun beside it tells you which.
discharged is a form of discharge
discharge, verb: To officially allow a patient to leave the hospital, usually once treatment is finished. Full entry
- Forms
- dischargedischarges he/she/itdischarging -ing formdischarged past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- discharge → discharged: add -d
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