dispatch
noun
1. an official report (usually sent in haste)
Similar word(s): communique, despatch
Definition categories: communication, account, report, story
2. the act of sending off something
Similar word(s): despatch, shipment
Definition categories: act, departure, going, leaving
3. the property of being prompt and efficient
- it was done with dispatch
Similar word(s): despatch, expedition, expeditiousness
Definition categories: attribute, celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
4. killing a person or animal
Similar word(s): despatch
Definition categories: act, kill, killing
Sentences with dispatch as a noun:
- When you act with dispatch, you act speedily and efficiently.
verb
1. send away towards a designated goal
Similar word(s): despatch
Definition categories: motion, send, ship, transport
2. complete or carry out
Similar word(s): complete, discharge
Definition categories: social, accomplish, action, execute, fulfil, fulfill
3. kill intentionally and with premeditation
Similar word(s): hit, murder, off, remove, slay
Definition categories: social, kill
4. dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
- He dispatched the task he was assigned
Definition categories: social, act, move
5. kill without delay
- the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators