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1 Read this sentence from “Boston Tea Party Eyewitness Account: Joshua Wyeth.” Others raised them to the railing and discharged their contents overboard. What is the meaning of …

1 Read this sentence from “Boston Tea Party Eyewitness Account: Joshua Wyeth.” Others raised them to the railing and discharged their contents overboard. What is the meaning of …
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1 Read this sentence from “Boston Tea Party Eyewitness Account: Joshua Wyeth.”

Others raised them to the railing and discharged their contents overboard.

What is the meaning of the word discharged as it is used in this sentence?

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Discharged in this sentence means to perform a throwing action over the heads of the people.
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