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Discharges drunk men at sea (8)

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I believe the answer is:

emanates

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'discharges' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to bodily activities as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'drunk men at sea' is the wordplay.
'drunk' is an anagram indicator.
'men'+'at'+'sea'='menatsea'
'menatsea' with letters rearranged gives 'EMANATES'.

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(Other definitions for emanates that I've seen before include "Issues from manatees" , "Proceeds from Ena's mate, oddly" , "emerges" , "Proceeds or issues forth from a source" , "Comes forth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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