dischargers

Things that expel

Dischargers are people or devices that discharge—releasing, emitting, or unloading something.

The word appears most often in technical contexts: electrical dischargers release stored energy, and industrial dischargers release waste into waterways.

The EPA fined several dischargers for violating clean water standards.

A person who discharges a firearm or fulfills an obligation is technically a discharger, though such uses are rare.

electrical

capacitor

Charge-storing circuit element

resistor · conductor · circuit · voltage · current · arc · static · grounding · terminal · diode

release

effluent

Discharged liquid waste

runoff · sewage · leakage · spill · overflow · efflux · outpour · disposal · purge · excretion

devices

nozzle

Flow-directing pipe fitting

  • sprayerDevice dispersing liquid droplets
  • valveFluid flow controller
  • spoutProjecting pouring tube

pump · emitter · ejector · diffuser · vent · outlet · jet · hose · siphon · showerhead

persons

executor

Appointed estate manager

assignee · bailiff · officer · sheriff · marshal · agent · fiduciary · conservator · custodian · registrar

Opposites
release vs. retention

dischargerscontainers

Objects for holding things

holders · retainers · accumulators · reservoirs · receptacles

emission vs. absorption

dischargersabsorbers

Things that take in energy

chargers · loaders · intakers · receivers · collectors

employment action

dischargershirers

Those who employ others

employers · recruiters · retainers

Phrases
Family

discharge, discharged, discharges, undischarged, discharger, dischargeable

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