discharge

/dɪsˈtʃɑːdʒ/ verb [T]

Translation

PERSON › to allow someone to leave a hospital or prison, or to order or allow someone to leave an organization such as the army

(hastane, hapishane, askerlik) taburcu etmek; tahliye etmek/serbest bırakmak; terhis etmek

[often passive] She was discharged from the army yesterday.7052318

SUBSTANCE › If a liquid or gas is discharged from something, it comes out of it.

(sıvı, gaz) bırakmak, salmak, çıkarmak, akıtmak

There is evidence that radioactive waste was discharged from the factory.1647

(Definition of discharge verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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