v. 1 send off or away or out, send on one's way We dispatched a messenger with the parcel 2 send, mail, post, transmit, forward, ship, express, remit, convey , Chiefly US and Canadian freight Please dispatch this letter as quickly as possible 3 kill, murder, slay, dispose of, put to death, execute, do away with, do in, assassinate,- liquidate, finish (off), put an end to, put away (for good), Slang polish off, bump off, eliminate, gun down, silence, get, erase, rub out, knock off, bury, US ice, hit, take for a ride, waste, zap The gang soon dispatched all their rivals 4 hasten, hurry, speed up, accelerate, get done, accomplish, get through, conclude, finish off, complete, execute, do The task was dispatched in just two days
n. 5 haste, speed, promptness, quickness, expedition, expeditiousness, celerity, alacrity, swiftness, hurry, rapidity She concluded the interview with dispatch and sent me away 6 communiqué, report, bulletin, story, news (item), communication, message, piece document, instruction, missive Here is a dispatch from our correspondent on Pitcairn Island 7 execution, killing, murder, disposal, assassination, dispatching, slaying The dispatch of the consul left us without a representative