English girl on a charge that is thrown out (8)
I believe the answer is:
emission
'english girl on a charge that is thrown out' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to natural events as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'english girl on a charge' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation as in OED).
'girl' becomes 'miss' (term of address for an unmarried woman).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a charge' becomes 'ion' (an ion is a charged particle).
'e'+'miss'+'ion'='EMISSION'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for emission that I've seen before include "issue" , "it gets thrown out" , "Release" , "The act of giving out (heat, light, gas, etc.)" , "A giving out or putting forth" .)