Talk:charge

We may be missing a sense. You can e.g. charge a firearm with powder (as we note), but can you charge powder into a firearm, too? In the following example, the object of the verb "charge" is the material being loaded, not the container that receives it.

• 1978, Albert Parker, Industrial air pollution handbook (page 564)

  Approximately three chambers are periodically fed with fuel by lifting the metal lid from the feedhole, charging fine coal with a small hand shovel and then replacing the lid.

Equinox ◑ 18:30, 11 September 2021 (UTC)Reply

transitive verb: to give an atmosphere of intense interest, excitement, or other strong emotion to a place (usually passive) 
The concert hall was charged with anticipation.
Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:24, 20 August 2019 (UTC)Reply

The military sense of the word is given as "a ground attack against a prepared enemy." However, Wikipedia describes it as "an offensive maneuver in battle in which combatants advance towards their enemy at their best speed in an attempt to engage in a decisive close combat." There's nothing that says the enemy needs to be prepared. My sense is that Wikipedia's description would still be called a "charge" even if the enemy was caught by surprise. Sonicsuns (talk) 01:53, 10 December 2021 (UTC)Reply