décharge

Definitions of décharge
  1. noun
    selling goods abroad at a price below that charged in the domestic market
    synonyms: dumping
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    type of:
    marchandisage
    the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
  2. noun
    an act exempting someone
    synonyms: dispense, immunité, libération
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    type of:
    libération, mise en liberté
    a formal written statement of relinquishment
  3. noun
    the sudden giving off of energy
    synonyms: dégagement
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    décharge électrique
    a discharge of electricity
    explosion
    a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
    éruption
    the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
    signal nerveux
    the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber
    explosion, éclatement, éruption
    an explosion (as of dynamite)
    type of:
    happening, événement
    an event that happens
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