unload

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[edit] English

From un- + load

unload (third-person singular simple present unloads, present participle unloading, simple past and past participle unloaded)

(transitive) To remove the load or cargo from (a vehicle, etc.).
(intransitive) To deposit one's load or cargo.
- 1998, Robert A Corbitt, Standard handbook of environmental engineering
  
  Some stations have collection vehicles unload on the floor, using a front loader to push material into the hopper.
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) To give vent to or express.
- 1984, John Arlott, David Rayvern Allen, Arlott on cricket: his writings on the game
  
  ...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.
(transitive, computing) To remove (something previously loaded) from memory.
- 1993, Tony Martin, Lisa C Towell, The NewWave agent handbook
  
  When you unload a DLL, the memory and other system resources it is using will become available for use by other applications.
(transitive) To discharge or pour a liquid.
(transitive) To get rid of or dispose of.
(transitive) To deliver forcefully.