Syllables World: Mastering Syllable Identification - How many syllables in Discharges?

How many syllables in Discharges?

discharges has 3 syllables

dis-charges

To release or let go of something, or to allow something to flow out of a container.

There are three syllables in 'discharges'. The vowels in this word are 'i', 'a', and 'e', while the consonants are 'd', 's', 'c', 'h', 'r', and 'g'.

Verb

The factory discharges chemicals into the river, which is harmful to the environment.
The soldier was discharged from the army after completing his service.
She felt a sudden discharge of emotion after hearing the news.
The gun discharge was so loud that it startled everyone in the room.
The doctor instructed the patient to discharge the medication into a small container before using it.

Sometimes the most remarkable things seem commonplace. I mean, when you think about it, jet travel is pretty freaking remarkable. You get in a plane, it defies the gravity of an entire planet by exploiting a loophole with air pressure, and it flies across distances that would take months or years to cross by any means of travel that has been significant for more than a century or three. You hurtle above the earth at enough speed to kill you instantly should you bump into something without first converting a wing or some other structure of atmospheric molecules into a controlled explosion powerful enough to bounce you back into the sky. And then you get to eat a salted snack.
The discharge of a nerve impulse releases about a tablespoonful of neurotransmitter molecules, enough to fill a volume roughly a hundred thousand times the volume of the neuron itself.
In the U.S. alone, people spent more than $10 billion on bottled water in 2005. That's enough to buy about 8 billion gallons of gas. You can't help but wonder: What would happen if we spent that money on tap water and used some of what was left to fix the pipes that bring it to our homes? How about spending some on the infrastructure needed to recycle and discharge the water we do use?
The discharge of a firearm is a violent event.
The discharge of duties is the most important part of any job.