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Noun dispatch has 4 senses
- dispatch, despatch, communique - an official report (usually sent in haste)
--1 is a kind of report, news report, story, account, write up
--1 has parts: dateline
- dispatch, despatch, shipment - the act of sending off something
--2 is a kind of departure, going, going away, leaving
--2 has particulars: reshipment
- dispatch, despatch, expedition, expeditiousness - the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
--3 is a kind of celerity, quickness, rapidity
- dispatch, despatch - killing a person or animal
--4 is a kind of killing, kill, putting to death
Verb dispatch has 5 senses
- dispatch, despatch, send off - send away towards a designated goal
--1 is one way to transport, send, ship
Sample sentence:
They won't dispatch the story
- dispatch, discharge, complete - complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"
--2 is one way to carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, polish off, remove - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
--3 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot dispatch Sue
- dispatch - dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; "He dispatched the task he was assigned"
--4 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- dispatch - kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"
--5 is one way to kill
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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