Discharge - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'discharge' is the definition.
(I know that emit is a more specific form of discharge)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for emit that I've seen before include "Produce and discharge" , "Give out (eg light)" , "Give off or discharge" , "Make audible sounds" , "Release" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, The Daily Mail, the LA Times, The New York Times, The Independent, the Penny Press, The Wall Street Journal, The Mirror and The Guardian.

'discharge' is the definition.
(I know that spew is a more specific form of discharge)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for spew that I've seen before include "Casst out in a stream" , "Belch forth" , "Erupt, eject" , "Be expelled rapidly in large quantities" , "Fetch up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Star Tribune, the Evening Standard, The Daily Mail, the LA Times, The New York Times, The Independent, the Penny Press, The Wall Street Journal, The Mirror and The Guardian.

'discharge' is the definition.
(I know that discharge can be written as eject)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for eject that I've seen before include "Disgorge" , "Finally leave plane" , "Force out violently" , "Turn out" , "Throw out forcibly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Guardian.

'discharge' is the definition.
(I know that egest is a more specific form of discharge)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for egest that I've seen before include "void" , "empty" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Guardian.

'discharge' is the definition.
(I know that discharge can be written as unload)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for unload that I've seen before include "Remove cargo from ship or charge from gun" , "Discharge cargo" , "Take cargo off (a ship)" , "Get rid" , "Take goods from (ship)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, the Evening Standard and the Sydney Morning Herald.

'discharge' is the definition.
(to free from legal charges)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for acquit that I've seen before include "Group of families" , "Clear of blame" , "Free - act" , "Exonerate" , "Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges" .)

I've seen this clue in the Penny Press, the Evening Standard and the Sydney Morning Herald.

'discharge' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for dismiss that I've seen before include "Sack - cashier" , "Remove from office" , "P45" , "Sack - send away" , "Reject, send away" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Telegraph and The Guardian.

(Other definitions for outflow that I've seen before include "Amount of liquid moving away" , "Tofu owl (anag.)" , "Large amount transferred to another place" , "Amount flooding away" , "running away" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Telegraph and The Guardian.

'discharge' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for let off that I've seen before include "Go easy on" , "Excuse or release of" , "Excuse from doing, or refrain from punishing" , "Released - shot - treated leniently" , "Set free without charge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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