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What's The Definition Of Dispatch?
[n] the act of sending off something
[n] the murder or execution of someone [n] the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" [n] an official report (usually sent in haste) [v] send off promptly [v] kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" [v] complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties" Synonyms | Synonyms for Dispatch: bump off | communique | complete | despatch | despatch | despatch | despatch | discharge | expedition | expeditiousness | hit | murder | polish off | remove | send off | shipment | slay Related Terms | Find terms related to Dispatch: accelerate | accomplish | accomplished fact | accomplishment | account | achieve | achievement | acknowledgment | acquaintance | address | administration | advice | agility | air speed | air-express | airfreight | airmail | alacrity | annihilate | announcement | answer | assassinate | assassination | attain | attainment | bane | bereave of life | billet | blood | bloodletting | bloodshed | blue book | braining | briefing | briskness | bulletin | bump off | bundle | bury | business letter | bustle | carry away | carry off | carrying out | celerity | chit | chloroform | commission | communication | communique | compass | complete | completion | conclude | conduct | consign | consume | consummate | consummation | convey | cope with | crowd | cut down | cut off | data | datum | deal with | dealing death | decisiveness | deprive of life | destroy | destruction | destruction of life | devour | directory | discharge | disposal | dispose of | do | do away with | do for | do in | do the job | do the trick | do to death | document | down | drive on | drop a letter | eat up | effect | effectuate | effectuation | eliminate | embark | embassy | enact | enactment | end | enlightenment | epistle | erase | euthanasia | evidence | execute | execution | expedite | expedition | expeditiousness | export | express | exterminate | extermination | facts | factual information | fait accompli | familiarization | fastness | favor | fetch | finish | finish off | flight | flit | flow of blood | flurry | forward | freight | fruition | fulfill | fulfillment | gen | general information | get | get away with | get done | get down | get through | goodwill | gore | ground speed | guidebook | gun down | handle | handling | handout | hard information | haste | hasten | hasten on | hie on | hit | hurry | hurry along | hurry on | hurry up | hustle | hustle up | ice | immediacy | immediateness | immolate | immolation | implementation | incidental information | info | information | ingest | instantaneousness | instruction | intelligence | kill | killing | knock off | knots | knowledge | lapidation | launch into eternity | lay | letter | light | lightning speed | line | liquidate | lynch | mail | make | make away with | manage | management | martyr | martyrdom | martyrization | martyrize | mention | mercy killing | message | miles per hour | mission accomplished | missive | murder | news item | nimbleness | note | notice | notification | perform | performance | perpetration | piece | pneumatogram | poison | poisoning | polish off | post | precipitate | precipitation | presentation | press | produce | production | promotional material | promptitude | promptness | proof | publication | publicity | punctuality | punctualness | purge | push | push on | push through | put away | put down | put to death | put to sleep | quicken | quickness | railroad through | rapidity | readiness | realization | realize | release | remit | remove from life | reply | report | rescript | ritual killing | ritual murder | round pace | route | rpm | rub out | rush | rush along | rustle | sacrifice | send | send away | send forth | send off | sharpness | ship | shooting | sidelight | silence | slaughter | slay | slaying | smartness | snappiness | speed | speed along | speed up | speediness | spryness | spur | stampede | starve | statement | stoning | story | succeed | success | summariness | surround | swallow | swift rate | swiftness | take care of | take down | take in | take life | take off | taking of life | telegram | the dope | the goods | the know | the scoop | transact | transaction | transmission | transmit | tuck in | turn the trick | urge | velocity | waste | whip | whip along | white book | white paper | word | work | work out | zap See Also | account | bundle off | burke | carry | celerity | dateline | departure | execute | going | going away | kill | kill | killing | leaving | news report | putting to death | quickness | rapidity | report | reshipment | route | send | ship | story | transport | write up Dispatch In Webster's Dictionary \Dis*patch"\ (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Dispatched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dispatching}.] [OF.
despeechier, F. d['e]p[^e]cher; prob. from pref. des- (L.
dis-) + (assumed) LL. pedicare to place obstacles in the way,
fr. L. pedica fetter, fr. pes, pedis, foot. See {Foot}, and
cf. {Impeach}, {Despatch}.] [Written also {despatch}.]
1. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly;
to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
Ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we The
business we have talked of. --Shak.
[The] harvest men . . . almost in one fair day
dispatcheth all the harvest work. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
2. To rid; to free. [Obs.]
I had clean dispatched myself of this great charge.
--Udall.
3. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
Unless dispatched to the mansion house in the
country . . . they perish among the lumber of
garrets. --Walpole.
4. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending
off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special
business, and implying haste.
Even with the speediest expedition I will dispatch
him to the emperor's cou??. --Shak.
5. To send out of the world; to put to death.
The company shall stone them with stones, and
dispatch them with their swords. --Ezek. xxiii.
47.
Syn: To expedite; hasten; speed; accelerate; perform;
conclude; finish; slay; kill.
\Dis*patch"\, v. i. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business. They have dispatched with Pompey. --Shak. \Dis*patch"\, n. [Cf. OF. despeche, F. d['e]p[^e]che. See {Dispatch}, v. t.] [Written also {despatch}.] 1. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business. 2. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance. To the utter dispatch of all their most beloved comforts. --Milton. 3. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste. Serious business, craving quick dispatch. --Shak. To carry his scythe . . . with a sufficient dispatch through a sufficient space. --Paley. 4. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches. 5. A message transmitted by telegraph. [Modern] {Dispatch boat}, a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat. {Dispatch box}, a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling. Syn: Haste; hurry; promptness; celerity; speed. See {Haste}. |
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