dispatch

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Synonyms: despatch, miscatch, mismatch, dispathy, dispace, dogpatch, pinpatch, dismarch, oilpatch

Antonyms: despatch, miscatch, mismatch, dispathy, dispace, dogpatch, pinpatch, dismarch, oilpatch

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To send (a shipment) with [[promptness]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To send (a person) away hastily.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To send (an important official message) [[prompt]]ly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To eat, especially quickly.
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To rid; to free.
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
9. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[defeat]]
10. {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To pass on for further processing, especially via a [[dispatch table]] (often with '''to''').
11. {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[hurry]].
12. {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[deprive]].

Noun

1. A [[message#Noun|message]] [[send#Verb|sent]] [[quickly]], as a [[shipment]], a [[prompt#Adjective|prompt]] [[settlement]] of a [[business]], or an [[important]] [[official#Adjective|official]] message sent by a [[diplomat]], [[government]] [[official#Noun|official]], [[military]] [[officer]], etc.
2. The [[act#Noun|act]] of [[do#Verb|doing]] something quickly.
3. A [[mission]] by an [[emergency response]] [[service#Noun|service]], [[typically]] [[involve|involving]] [[attend]]ing to an [[emergency]] [[in the field]].
4. {{lb|en|computing}} The [[pass on|passing on]] of a message for further [[processing#Noun|processing]], especially through a [[dispatch table]].
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[dismissal]].

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