dispatch
v.
send off quickly; dismiss; eliminate; kill; conclude with speed and efficiency
n.
sending off, shipment; message, communication; promptness
Dispatch
dispatch
Noun
1. an official report (usually sent in haste)
(synonym) despatch, communique
(hypernym) report, news report, story, account, write up
(part-meronym) dateline
(derivation) despatch, send off
2. the act of sending off something
(synonym) despatch, shipment
(hypernym) departure, going, going away, leaving
(hyponym) reshipment
3. the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
(synonym) despatch, expedition, expeditiousness
(hypernym) celerity, quickness, rapidity
4. killing a person or animal
(synonym) despatch
(hypernym) killing, kill, putting to death
(derivation) murder, slay, hit, bump off, polish off, remove
Verb
1. send away towards a designated goal
(synonym) despatch, send off
(hypernym) transport, send, ship
(hyponym) bundle off
(derivation) despatch, communique
2. complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"
(synonym) discharge, complete
(hypernym) carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
3. kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
(synonym) murder, slay, hit, bump off, polish off, remove
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) burke
(derivation) despatch
4. dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; "He dispatched the task he was assigned"
(hypernym) act, move
(derivation) despatch, expedition, expeditiousness
5. kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"
(hypernym) kill
(derivation) despatch
Dispatch
(v. t.)
To send out of the world; to put to death.
(v. t.)
To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
(v. t.)
To rid; to free.
(v. t.)
To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
(v. t.)
To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
(v. t.)
The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
(v. t.)
The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
(v. t.)
Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
(v. t.)
A message transmitted by telegraph.
(v. t.)
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.
(v. i.)
To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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