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