unload

verb12

1. •
   To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).

   • In ten minutes, the first half of the train is unloaded, while Waddicor heads back, still at less than walking pace, to collect the second half. The pace of the reach stackers is impressive. — 2025
2. •
   To remove (the load or cargo) from a vehicle, etc.

   • to unload bales of hay from a truck
3. •
   To deposit one's load or cargo.

   • Some stations have collection vehicles unload on the floor, using a front loader to push material into the hopper. — 1998
4. •
   To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.

   • When you unload a DLL, the memory and other system resources it is using will become available for use by other applications. — 1993
5. •
   To remove the charge from; to discharge.

   • He unloaded his revolver and put the cartridges away to be reloaded later.
   • He unloaded his revolver on the home invaders.
6. •
   To get rid of or dispose of.
7. •
   To sell or dispose of (something) with the intent to deceive; to attempt to pass off a counterfeit or inferior product as genuine.
8. •
   (figurative) To give vent to or express; to unburden oneself of.

   • […] who bowled with such fury that he needed beer to give him something to sweat out, and who unloaded his emotions in words as hard as his bowling. — 1984
9. •
   To deliver forcefully.
10. •
    To discharge, pour, or expel.
11. •
    (slang) To ejaculate, particularly within an orifice.
12. •
    To reduce the vertical load factor on (an airplane's wing or other lifting surface), typically by pitching downwards toward the ground to decrease angle of attack and reduce the amount of lift generated.