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dispatch

/dəˈspætʃ/
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noun

  • A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.
  • The act of doing something quickly.

    "We must act with dispatch in this matter."

  • A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.
  • The passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.
  • A dismissal.

verb

  • To send (a shipment) with promptness.
  • To send (a person) away hastily.
  • To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
  • To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
  • To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
  • To rid; to free.
  • To destroy quickly and efficiently.
  • To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
  • To hurry.
  • To deprive.

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