Antonyms for recharge


Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb ree-chahrj; noun ree-chahrj, ree-chahrj
Phonetic Transcription : verb riˈtʃɑrdʒ; noun riˈtʃɑrdʒ, ˈriˌtʃɑrdʒ


Definition of recharge

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to reload" (a vessel), from re- "again, back" + charge "to load" (q.v.); modeled on Old French rechargier "to load, load back on" (13c.). Meaning "re-power a battery" is from 1876. Related: Recharged; recharging. The noun is recorded from 1610s in English.
  • verb revitalize
Example sentences :
  • Do not give any promise as to when a recharge battery will be ready.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • She has to come up to recharge her batteries or to "make a passage."
  • Extract from : « The Story of Our Submarines » by John Graham Bower
  • After such a run, it would be necessary to stop and recharge the batteries.
  • Extract from : « The Submarine in War and Peace » by Simon Lake
  • (D) Recharge with as many sparks as you think you can stand.
  • Extract from : « The Study of Elementary Electricity and Magnetism by Experiment » by Thomas M. St. John
  • At night, he had surfaced to get his bearings and to recharge the air tanks.
  • Extract from : « The Foreign Hand Tie » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • "I figure it takes them a while to recharge their gun," said Haines.
  • Extract from : « The Secret of the Ninth Planet » by Donald Allen Wollheim
  • There was but just time to recharge the rifles and pistols, when they came on again.
  • Extract from : « A Jacobite Exile » by G. A. Henty
  • Shorty, who was whittling up a piece of Kentucky twist to recharge his pipe, laughed till he rolled off the stump all in a heap.
  • Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) » by John McElroy
  • We're lucky we didn't come near any stars in the process; if we had, we could have had to recharge the coil.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • The submarine had evidently been compelled to rise to recharge batteries, the heavy sea notwithstanding.
  • Extract from : « The Thick of the Fray at Zeebrugge » by Percy F. Westerman

Synonyms for recharge

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