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[ US /dɪˈspætʃ/ ]
[ UK /dɪspˈæt‍ʃ/ ]
VERB
  1. kill without delay
    the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators
  2. send away towards a designated goal
  3. complete or carry out
    discharge one's duties
  4. kill intentionally and with premeditation
    The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
  5. dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
    He dispatched the task he was assigned
NOUN
  1. the property of being prompt and efficient
    it was done with dispatch
  2. the act of sending off something
  3. killing a person or animal
  4. an official report (usually sent in haste)

How To Use dispatch In A Sentence

  • The pilots benefited from a great deal of on-the-job training, but the squadron's main contribution to the campaign entailed carrying dispatches and mail.
  • This process must proceed with dispatch, without posturing, without grandstanding, without empty words.
  • From his driveway, Benelli dispatches patrol cars and sends officers to new assignments.
  • A reporter was dispatched to Naples to cover the riot.
  • Perret considers this dispatch an anomaly: "It stands alone, unsupported, unrepeated."
  • They called C4, which is Mexico's emergency dispatch system and advised them that they had been lost for two days, were stranded, dehydrated, and were going to light a signal fire to attempt to get some help," said Cal Fire spokesperson Roxanne Provaznik. Knowledge is Power
  • When I saw it was a beer company, I called my dispatcher and said, ‘I can’t do this. Muslim trucker sues over alcohol load
  • So saying, he exhorted Brown to be hasty in dispatching his breakfast, as, ‘the frost having given way, the scent would lie this morning primely. Chapter XXV
  • There was also a report that Japan was dispatching its troops to Korea on the pretext of protecting its legation.
  • Last year he dispatched troops into Swat and South Waziristan to oust the Taliban from their mountain lair; more recently, he helped the US increase drone strikes. Mumbai spy says he worked for terrorists ? then briefed Pakistan
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