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off·load or off-load  (ôfld, f-)

v. off·load·ed or off-load·ed, off·load·ing or off-load·ing, off·loads or off-loads

v.tr.

1. To unload (a vehicle or container).

2. Computer Science To transfer (data) to a peripheral device.

3. Slang To get rid of and pass on to another: "He does come close to offloading some of the blame for the launch on . . . the dear old media" (Meg Greenfield).

v.intr.

To unload a vehicle or container.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	offload - transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data transfer - move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"
	2.	offload - take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the truck"; "offload the van" unlade, unload empty - remove; "Empty the water"