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Despatches

noun
/dɪsˈpætʃəz/
Word Frequency: 0.8

Definitions

1.nounA message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.
2.nounThe act of doing something quickly.
"We must act with dispatch in this matter."
3.nounA mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.
4.nounThe passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.
5.nounA dismissal.
6.verbTo send (a shipment) with promptness.
7.verbTo send (a person) away hastily.
8.verbTo send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
9.verbTo send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
10.verbTo dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
11.verbTo rid; to free.
12.verbTo destroy quickly and efficiently.
13.verbTo pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
14.verbTo hurry.
15.verbTo deprive.

Synonyms

hastehurryrapiditydestroykillmake hastesendsend offdispatchcommuniqueshipmentdispatches

Rhymes With

despatch hisdespatch is
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