dispatch
verb
[ dɪˈspatʃ ]
• send off to a destination or for a purpose.
• "he dispatched messages back to base"
Similar:
send,
send off,
mail,
ship,
freight,
forward,
transmit,
consign,
remit,
convey,
post,
• deal with (a task or opponent) quickly and efficiently.
• "the Welsh team were dispatched comfortably by the opposition"
Similar:
deal with,
finish,
dispose of,
conclude,
settle,
sort out,
discharge,
execute,
perform,
expedite,
push through,
accelerate,
hasten,
speed up,
hurry on,
make short work of,
dispatch
noun
• the sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose.
• "a resolution authorizing the dispatch of a peacekeeping force"
• an official report on state or military affairs.
• "in his battle dispatch he described the gunner's bravery"
Similar:
communication,
communiqué,
bulletin,
release,
report,
account,
announcement,
statement,
missive,
letter,
epistle,
message,
instruction,
news,
intelligence,
memo,
info,
low-down,
dope,
tidings,
• the killing of someone or something.
• "the executioner's merciful dispatch of his victims"
Similar:
killing,
slaughter,
massacre,
destruction,
extermination,
elimination,
liquidation,
murder,
assassination,
execution,
slaying,
Origin:
early 16th century: from Italian dispacciare or Spanish despachar ‘expedite’, from dis-, des- (expressing reversal) + the base of Italian impacciare, Spanish empachar ‘hinder’.
