Dispatch
noun
The act of sending someone or something somewhere.
The game was won following the swift dispatch of their best player to another team.
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- swift dispatch
- immediate dispatch
verb
To send off or away with speed.
They dispatched a team to investigate the problem.
Often appears as...
- dispatch someone
- dispatch a team
verb
To kill someone or something quickly and efficiently.
The chicken was swiftly dispatched and prepared for cooking.
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- swiftly dispatch
- quickly dispatch
noun
A report or message sent out quickly.
We awaited the dispatch from headquarters for further instructions.
Often appears as...
- await a dispatch
- receive a dispatch
noun
The act of sending someone or something somewhere.
The game was won following the swift dispatch of their best player to another team.
Often appears as...
- swift dispatch
- immediate dispatch
verb
To send off or away with speed.
They dispatched a team to investigate the problem.
Often appears as...
- dispatch someone
- dispatch a team
verb
To kill someone or something quickly and efficiently.
The chicken was swiftly dispatched and prepared for cooking.
Often appears as...
- swiftly dispatch
- quickly dispatch
noun
A report or message sent out quickly.
We awaited the dispatch from headquarters for further instructions.
Often appears as...
- await a dispatch
- receive a dispatch
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Action Oriented
The noun form of 'dispatch' often implies a completed action, something that has been done.
After the swift dispatch of the parcel, it arrived the next day.
Pro Tip 2/2Efficiency Implied
Using 'dispatch' can suggest efficiency and speed in the action being described.
The company's dispatch of orders impressed their customers.
Pro Tip 1/2Action Oriented
The noun form of 'dispatch' often implies a completed action, something that has been done.
After the swift dispatch of the parcel, it arrived the next day.
Pro Tip 2/2Efficiency Implied
Using 'dispatch' can suggest efficiency and speed in the action being described.
The company's dispatch of orders impressed their customers.
Pro Tip 1/2Action Oriented
The noun form of 'dispatch' often implies a completed action, something that has been done.
After the swift dispatch of the parcel, it arrived the next day.
Pro Tip 2/2Efficiency Implied
Using 'dispatch' can suggest efficiency and speed in the action being described.
The company's dispatch of orders impressed their customers.
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Are naked mole rats the...
All the other naked mole rats, male and female, are either soldiers, who defend the colony from possible invaders, or workers. Teams of workers are dispatched to hunt for roots, and their harvest feeds the whole colony. Living in a colony helps naked mole rats find enough food,
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How I Teach Kids to Love...
and with the help of the local fisherman, we are collecting sediment from the seabed with a custom sediment sampler we've invented and built. We pack the sediment into small bags, we then dispatch them to hundreds of small bags that we send to different universities,
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A Dangerous Night In...
DISPATCHER They're dispatching LAPD units along with all fire trucks that respond to major emergency blazes for our protection. But with respect to trying to get LAPD service or anything else, folks, you're on your own down there.
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Inventing the American...
who was decisive and could act quickly. They called it energy and dispatch. One thing they were dead-set there would be no king. They had fought a war against a country with a monarch and were afraid that one man
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The science of hearing -...
the distant cawing of a seagull. But then an annoying whine interrupts the peace, getting closer, and closer, and closer. Until...whack! You dispatch the offending mosquito, and calm is restored.
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Lessons we can learn...
Americans dispatched to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan or in support of the wars more than half today say their physical or mental health is worse than before they deployed 18 percent of them say
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Brutal Lion Infanticide...
Now the interests of the new males and those of the lionesses differ. Without their fathers to protect them, the cubs are in peril. They're systematically hunted down and dispatched.
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What almost dying taught...
these strangers and their words became lifelines, dispatches from people of so many different backgrounds, with so many different experiences, all showing me the same
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Killer Ant Swarm...
dispatched by hundreds of razor sharp jaws the ants make a clean sweep capturing up to one hundred thousand insects in a single raid
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Cheetah Cubs Master...
prey the cubs help mum dispatch the diker with ease
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Are naked mole rats the...
All the other naked mole rats, male and female, are either soldiers, who defend the colony from possible invaders, or workers. Teams of workers are dispatched to hunt for roots, and their harvest feeds the whole colony. Living in a colony helps naked mole rats find enough food,
Video examples
How I Teach Kids to Love...
and with the help of the local fisherman, we are collecting sediment from the seabed with a custom sediment sampler we've invented and built. We pack the sediment into small bags, we then dispatch them to hundreds of small bags that we send to different universities,
Video examples
A Dangerous Night In...
DISPATCHER They're dispatching LAPD units along with all fire trucks that respond to major emergency blazes for our protection. But with respect to trying to get LAPD service or anything else, folks, you're on your own down there.
Video examples
Inventing the American...
who was decisive and could act quickly. They called it energy and dispatch. One thing they were dead-set there would be no king. They had fought a war against a country with a monarch and were afraid that one man
Video examples
The science of hearing -...
the distant cawing of a seagull. But then an annoying whine interrupts the peace, getting closer, and closer, and closer. Until...whack! You dispatch the offending mosquito, and calm is restored.
Video examples
Lessons we can learn...
Americans dispatched to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan or in support of the wars more than half today say their physical or mental health is worse than before they deployed 18 percent of them say
Video examples
Brutal Lion Infanticide...
Now the interests of the new males and those of the lionesses differ. Without their fathers to protect them, the cubs are in peril. They're systematically hunted down and dispatched.
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What almost dying taught...
these strangers and their words became lifelines, dispatches from people of so many different backgrounds, with so many different experiences, all showing me the same
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Killer Ant Swarm...
dispatched by hundreds of razor sharp jaws the ants make a clean sweep capturing up to one hundred thousand insects in a single raid
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Cheetah Cubs Master...
prey the cubs help mum dispatch the diker with ease
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
In mid-November 2001, as they moved toward the city of Kandahar, the Taliban's de facto capital in southern Afghanistan, Amerine's team called in airstrikes against advancing Taliban units and more or less obliterated a Taliban column of a thousand men that had been dispatched from Kandahar. It was the Taliban's final play to remain in power.
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Rob Sheffield
American Journalist
In the old days, when a star left a still-thriving hit show, they'd celebrate by killing him or her off. But 'The Office' dispatched Michael Scott in a crueler and more final way: they made him normal. Since we're talking about Michael Scott, 'normal' might be stretching it, obviously.
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Paul Scholes
English Athlete
My view is that the signing of players should be a simple process. The chief scout identifies them, the manager decides who he wants, and the chief executive is dispatched to do the deal. It really is as simple as that.
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Bill Dedman
American Journalist
After a plane or train crash, the National Transportation Safety Board dispatches its experts within two hours. The investigators in their familiar jackets take charge of the scene, secure evidence, follow leads.
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Jack Dorsey
American Businessman
The idea of Twitter started with me working in dispatch since I was 15 years old, where taxi cabs or firetrucks would broadcast where they were and what they were doing.
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Carrie Lam
Chinese Politician
When Hong Kong was under British administration, governors were dispatched from London to govern this city. We had no say in the matter.
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Jack Valenti
American Businessman
Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today.
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Patrick O'Brian
English Novelist
I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.
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Jack Adams
Canadian Athlete
My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
Every couple of years, we could dispatch people from Earth to Mars.
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Peter Bergen
American Journalist
In mid-November 2001, as they moved toward the city of Kandahar, the Taliban's de facto capital in southern Afghanistan, Amerine's team called in airstrikes against advancing Taliban units and more or less obliterated a Taliban column of a thousand men that had been dispatched from Kandahar. It was the Taliban's final play to remain in power.
Quote examples
Rob Sheffield
American Journalist
In the old days, when a star left a still-thriving hit show, they'd celebrate by killing him or her off. But 'The Office' dispatched Michael Scott in a crueler and more final way: they made him normal. Since we're talking about Michael Scott, 'normal' might be stretching it, obviously.
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Paul Scholes
English Athlete
My view is that the signing of players should be a simple process. The chief scout identifies them, the manager decides who he wants, and the chief executive is dispatched to do the deal. It really is as simple as that.
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Bill Dedman
American Journalist
After a plane or train crash, the National Transportation Safety Board dispatches its experts within two hours. The investigators in their familiar jackets take charge of the scene, secure evidence, follow leads.
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Jack Dorsey
American Businessman
The idea of Twitter started with me working in dispatch since I was 15 years old, where taxi cabs or firetrucks would broadcast where they were and what they were doing.
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Carrie Lam
Chinese Politician
When Hong Kong was under British administration, governors were dispatched from London to govern this city. We had no say in the matter.
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Jack Valenti
American Businessman
Every parent in America has the total power to control all television programming that is dispatched to their home today.
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Patrick O'Brian
English Novelist
I have 60 years of reading to draw upon: naval memoirs, dispatches, the Naval Chronicles, family letters.
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Jack Adams
Canadian Athlete
My assignment was in the communications office, where I typed out dispatches.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
Every couple of years, we could dispatch people from Earth to Mars.
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