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| dispatch | |
| 1. v. To send a shipment with promptness. |  |
| 2. v. To send an important official message sent by a diplomat or military officer with promptness. | |
| 3. v. To send a journalist to a place in order to report | |
| 4. v. To hurry. | |
| 5. v. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. | |
| 6. v. To rid; to free. | |
| 7. v. (obsolete) To deprive. | |
| 8. v. To destroy quickly and efficiently. | |
| 9. v. (computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to). | |
| 10. n. 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. | |
| 11. n. The act of doing something quickly. | |
| When you act with dispatch, you act speedily and efficiently. | |
| 12. n. A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field. | |
| 13. n. (obsolete) A dismissal. | |
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