dispatchverb [ T ]
UK also despatch uk/dɪˈspætʃ/us/dɪˈspætʃ/dispatch verb [ T ] (SEND)
to send something, especially goods or a message, somewhere for a particular purpose:
Two loads of cloth were dispatched to the factory on 12 December.
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Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- fire sth off
- forward
- get sth in
- reroute
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- shipping
- trot
- trot sb out
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dispatch verb [ T ] (KILL)
literary or old-fashioned to kill someone:
Our handsome hero manages to dispatch another five villains.
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Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- butcher
- lynch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- necklace
- poison
- shoot sb down
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- throttle
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dispatchnoun
UK also despatch uk/dɪˈspætʃ/us/dɪˈspætʃ/[ U ] the act of sending someone or something somewhere:
the dispatch of troops
[ C ] a newspaper report sent by someone in a foreign country, often communicating war news, or an official report, often on a military matter:
In her latest dispatch, Clare Duggan, our war correspondent, reported an increase in fighting.
be mentioned in dispatches UK
to be given a lot of praise for actions you have performed as a soldier:
Sergeant Havers was mentioned in dispatches for his courage.
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Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- fire sth off
- forward
- get sth in
- reroute
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- shipping
- trot
- trot sb out
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Communications - the postal system
News reporting & the press
Praising and applauding
Idiom(s)
with dispatch