Discharge
Discharge noun - A directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece.
Loading is an antonym for discharge in topics: detonation, setting free, unloading, payment of debt, pouring forth.
Loading
Loading noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.
Both words in one sentence
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In the age of muzzle-loading firearms, a wealthy soldier might wear multiple single-shot pistols so he could discharge them rapidly one after the other without reloading.
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Soldiers would get around this problem either by holding the loading lever near the trigger (so that it would be out of the way of any accidental discharge) or by having only one loaded chamber at a time.
Source: Revolvers Are Just Better
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